Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

As the Ceann Comhairle is well aware, for many years we have pursued with the Taoiseach and urged the Government to find a way to get to the truth of the murky origins of the appalling atrocity of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The day after the publication of the MacEntee report, the relatives and victims, those who have suffered, are still seeking the truth and it is clear that organisations of State, both here and in Britain, are hiding that truth. We have not got to the truth. The Tánaiste will shortly be taking to the lampposts of Dublin South-East again, but before he does so, rather than have this issue continue until the autumn, will he tell the Dáil anything to assuage the worry and angst of those who have suffered and the relatives about how he proposes to get to the truth of this atrocity and lay it before the Irish people.

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