Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-30
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Joan Collins (I4C), Dublin South-Central

I was asked to ask this question by representatives of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings group. On 21 May 1975, the then Deputy Tom J. Fitzpatrick replied to a question in the Dáil and when speaking of an An Garda Síochána investigation into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings said: "They have no positive information or evidence that would clearly identify the culprits."
We know there were eyewitness accounts from the day placing a certain loyalist in a car in Dublin that day. His photograph was then picked out of evidence books. On at least one occasion, a Garda representative was present at an RUC interrogation of a loyalist in which names relating to the bombings were discussed.
In the 1993 Yorkshire Television "First Tuesday" documentary, journalist Philip Tibenham stated: "All Ministers on the Irish Government security committee interviewed by First Tuesday say they were never told the gardaí had any suspects for the bombings."

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