29 March 2001 Edition
Dublin/Monaghan bombing relatives launch international appealDublin/Monaghan bombing relatives launch international appeal
Relatives of the victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings and their legal representatives brought their campaign for truth and justice to London on 15 March. The delegation included Denise and Angela O'Neill who, aged 9 and 7, lost their father and had two brothers seriously injured; Bernie McNally, who, as a 16-year-old shop assistant was 30 feet away from the car bomb which exploded into a shoe shop in Talbot Street; Phil Lawlor-Watson, who was injured in South Leinster Street; Patrick Fay who lost his father when the car beside him exploded in Parnell Street; and Michelle O'Brien, who was just 8 years old when her mother was died in the explosion on Talbot Street.
A packed House of Commons press conference heard the delegation launch an international appeal for information about the bombing, in which 33 people were killed. The Members of Justice for the Forgotten explained how they had submitted to the Commission of Inquiry a secret British military document from 1971, forensic reports and Ministry of Defence correspondence.
Press and MPs in the audience were told of the compelling evidence which indicated members of the UVF had placed and detonated the bombs, and the emerging information of the possible involvement of British security and intelligence personnel.
A packed House of Commons press conference heard the delegation launch an international appeal for information about the bombing, in which 33 people were killed. The Members of Justice for the Forgotten explained how they had submitted to the Commission of Inquiry a secret British military document from 1971, forensic reports and Ministry of Defence correspondence.
Press and MPs in the audience were told of the compelling evidence which indicated members of the UVF had placed and detonated the bombs, and the emerging information of the possible involvement of British security and intelligence personnel.