Bombings families 'deserve the truth'

SF's Carthy calls on Irish Govt to take reins on probe

- BY JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE

SINN Fein TD Matt Carthy has said that “families deserve the truth” after a review found there is no evidence UK security forces colluded with the UVF to bomb Dublin and Monaghan in 1974.

The final Operation Kenova report also said there does not appear to be “any realistic opportunities” for a fresh investigation into the atrocities.

A review, known as Operation Denton and published as part of Kenova, looked into a series of UVF attacks attributed to the so-called Glenanne gang.

No-one has ever been convicted over the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that killed 35 people, including two unborn twins, but the UVF admitted responsibility in 1993.

It remains the biggest loss of life on any single day of the Troubles, with 300 people estimated to have been injured.

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The report said “legitimate questions” had been raised around the lack of information and intelligence recovered from the attacks.

It said: “This absence of intelligence has been presented as indicative of collusion.

“In addition, the poor investigative response in the days following the attacks and the lack of information made available to victims and families thereafter have contributed to assertions and beliefs in collusion existing.