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Answers still outstanding about the Dublin and Monaghan bombings

category international | crime and justice | feature author Thursday May 19, 2011 01:57author by Reminder

The lost lives

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Wreath-laying ceremony at the Talbot Street Memorial

Christina O'Loughlin Marie ButlerThomas Campbell
Edward O'Neill Anne Byrne John O'Brien
Marie Phelan Simone ChetritGeorge Williamson
Siobhan Roice John Dargle Anna O'Brien
Maureen Shields Patrick FayPatrick Askin
Breda Turner Breda Grace Ann-Marie O'Brien
Josephine Bradley Mary McKennaColette Doherty
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Ann MasseyJacqueline O'Brien
Archie Harper Ann MarrenThomas Croarkin
Peggy White Dorothy Morris Concepta Dempsey
Jack Travers Antonio MaglioccoJohn Walshe

On May 17th 2011, it was the 37th anniversary of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the single biggest loss of life during the 'troubles'.

Justice for the Forgotten (JFF), the organisation of Victims and Relatives seeking justice for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17th May 1974; the Dublin bombings of 1st December 1972 - 20th January 1973 and other cross-border bombings of the 1970s held a wreath-laying ceremony at the Talbot Street Memorial.
Around 300 people attended the event.

This event was a timely reminder that there are still unanswered questions. The ball is now in the court of the British government. It is more than time for them to own up.

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Sinn Féin hang hung large banner in Parnell Square Re: Dublin & Monaghan bombings on day of the Queens arrival
http://www.politics.ie/sinn-fein/160596-sinn-fein-hang-....html

Dublin Sinn Féin activists unveil a banner at the Sinn Féin bookshop in Parnell Square calling on the British Government, during the visit to Ireland by Elizabeth Windsor, to release all the documentation it has in relation to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974. It is widely believed that British security forces assisted the loyalists who carried out the bombings leaving 34 people dead and hundreds injured.


Sinn Féin publishes Dáil motion on Dublin-Monaghan bombings
http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/20654

The Sinn Féin Dáil team have today published a Private Members’ motion on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings which will be debated in the Dáil next Tuesday and Wednesday.

The motion reiterates a previous all-party motion which was passed in July 2008 and calls on the Government to press British Prime Minister David Cameron to release all files related to the bombings.


Much discussion was given on the Vincent Browne show to the fact of the mistimings of todays events, the insensitivity and more on the day of the Queens arrival, guests included Fintan O'Toole
http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=tonightwithvincentb...35859

More images and discussion at:
37th Anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings - Dublin events - http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99768

Talbot Street Monument Side 1
Talbot Street Monument Side 1

Talbot Street Monument Side 2
Talbot Street Monument Side 2

Sinn Féin hang large banner in Parnell Square + publishes Dáil motion bombings
Sinn Féin hang large banner in Parnell Square + publishes Dáil motion bombings

Sinn Féins poster regarding the bombings
Sinn Féins poster regarding the bombings


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