City Council demand enquiry into British collusion
Published: 6 February, 2006
Dublin City Council has agreed to call for a full public enquiry in to the
Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974. The motion, tabled by Sinn Féin's Cllr.
Daithí Doolan, was passed at last night's Council meeting.
Speaking after the meeting, 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. The demand by Dublin City Council will be communicated directly
to An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, the citizens of Dublin await his reply."
Cllr. Doolan concluded, "I am delighted that this motion has received 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 read:
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.
|
