Cowen appeals order on bombing 'secrets'

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is appealing a High Court order compelling him to hand over secret files on the Dublin Monaghan bombings.

The files, which were given to the McEntee investigation into the 1974 atrocities, yielded "significant" new material about the blasts which have been withheld from relatives of the dead.

The secret files are being sought by relatives of victims as part of their bid to have a sworn public inquiry into the bombings, which killed 33 people.

But the Irish Independent has learned that the State has appealed the order, paving the way for a legal row over judicial review of executive decisions.

The Government claims that disclosure of the files would pose a risk to life, endanger State security and breach assurances of confidentiality given to those who provided the documents.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/cowen-appeals-order-on-bombing-secrets-1387037.html

Call for probe of British link to 1974 bombs

The organisation representing the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings is calling for an inquiry into allegations that British security forces were involved.
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.
The single biggest loss of life in one day during the Troubles happened on 17 May 1974, when four car bombs exploded during rush hour without warning. Thirty-four people died in the bombings.

No one has ever been charged with the attacks, which have been described by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice as an act of international terrorism colluded in by British Security Forces.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0517/monaghan.html