An Garda Síochána
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-30
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

An international panel convened by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has just produced a report - they are in Dublin - saying that the Irish State had failed to properly investigate a series of deadly attacks by loyalist paramilitaries in Ireland in the early and mid-1970s including the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. They particularly castigated the failure of the Garda and the State to produce the files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The anniversary of those massacres is coming up on 17 May. A new documentary film in which the families have been involved will premier shortly. I met one of those family members last week. Indeed, I gave a small amount of money towards the production of film. They are still demanding the Garda files. We know Britain will not release the information. The Garda files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings have never been furnished to the families or made public. Will the Taoiseach do something about that as we approach the anniversary of those tragic bombings?

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Sitting date: 2024-04-30