Doolan-City Council to debate British collusion
Published: 3 February, 2007
Following the recent publication of the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan's, report into collusion in the north, Dublin City Council is set to debate the issue and call for a full public enquiry in to the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974. The motion is on the agenda for debate at the forthcoming Dublin City Council meeting this coming Monday.
Speaking in Dublin this morning, Cllr. Doolan said, "I tabled this motion welcoming the report on collusion and calling for a full and open independent enquiry in to the events surrounding the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of May 1974. The public know that collusion took place on that fateful day in 1974. British forces acted in unison with loyalist paramilitaries, which resulted in 33 people being killed in the car bombs. It must be remembered that Britain's dirty war was never confined to the north but was played out here on the streets of Dublin. It is high time that the Irish Government took their head out of the sand and set up a public enquiry in to the circumstances that surrounded the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan. "
Cllr. Doolan concluded, "I am very confident that the motion will receive cross party support and this will send a very clear message to An Taoiseach that a public enquiry in now needed to out the truth and bring closure to one of the worst atrocities during the conflict on this island. The citizens of this city deserve nothing less than the truth made public on the matter."
The Motion reads:
Dublin City Council, in welcoming the recent publication by Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, into collusion between RUC/PSNI and the UVF, calls on the Irish government to hold a public, independent enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of May 1974.
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