Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Next Wednesday marks the 49th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings when 33 innocent people were murdered and hundreds badly injured. That day, 17 May 1974, was the darkest day of all during the era known as the Troubles when unfortunately, there were many bad days on this island with so much loss of life and suffering. Very regrettably nobody has been brought to justice for those heinous crimes. In 2008, 2011 and 2016 this House unanimously passed motions calling on the British Government to give an independent eminent international legal expert access to all papers and files pertaining to the Monaghan and Dublin bombings. The non-response of the British Government to the legitimate and unanimous requests of a neighbouring sovereign jurisdiction is simply unacceptable. We all know the possibility of getting prosecutions is extremely limited but the least the families deserve is the truth about who carried out those atrocities. Will the Taoiseach assure me that this very important issue will be raised with the British Prime Minister and other British Government members in all in meetings and in all relevant forums? Legacy issues must be dealt with and no amnesty should ever be provided for perpetrators of despicable crimes as proposed by the British Government through its recent legislation.

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