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Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I also welcome the families in the Gallery. I was five years old when the bombs were detonated in Dublin and Monaghan and I lived a short distance away, in Sheriff Street. Growing up in the north inner city, the impact of these bombings left a long legacy of fear in the area and the wider city of Dublin. Everyone knows that this attack in Dublin and Monaghan was carried out by a combined...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Next Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. We remember the victims of one of the worse atrocities of the Troubles, when three bombs exploded in Dublin and a fourth one in Monaghan. This resulted in the deaths of 34 civilians, including baby Martha O'Neill, and the injury of almost 300 people. I pay tribute to the families and campaigners from Justice for...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I join my colleagues in acknowledging the presence of the families of some of the victims as well as members of Justice for the Forgotten who are present in the Gallery. I extend my solidarity and sympathies to them. The 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be marked on 17 May. Fifty years on, the families are still looking for truth and justice. It is important this...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this the 50th anniversary of the awful bombings in Dublin and Monaghan. I also welcome to the Gallery some members of the families of the 27 Dublin victims and the seven who lost their lives in Monaghan along with representatives of Justice for the Forgotten. The impact of the tragic events in Dublin and Monaghan still reverberates through every one of...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I only have a few seconds. I wish the families well. My thoughts are with them and all their loved ones. I thank Justice for the Forgotten, the Pat Finucane Centre and Relatives for Justice for all their hard work over the years. They have been a long time waiting on justice. We are not supposed to have a hierarchy of victims, but clearly in this case I do not think the Irish State has...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am pleased to confirm that the Government will support this motion. There are moments in time when we are confronted with the sharpest of contrasts in human nature - the contrast between decency and depravity, between good and evil, between love and hate. On 17 May 1974, this country faced such a moment. On a Friday evening, bright with the promise of early summer, decent people,...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: On Friday, 17 May 1974, three car bombs exploded in Dublin city centre. Less than 90 minutes later, outside Greacen's pub on the North Road, a fourth bomb exploded in Monaghan town. Some 34 lives were lost, including that of an unborn child. Nearly 300 were injured. Countless lives remain both physically and mentally scarred to this day. On Friday, we will mark 50 years since the...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Friday will mark the 50th anniversary and the 50th year since 34 innocent lives were lost as a result of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. As we heard, hundreds were also injured on that day. The Dublin and Monaghan bombings changed the lives of so many forever, and not just those who were killed or injured. I want to acknowledge the presence, as my colleagues have, of some of the families...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I first want to welcome the bereaved families to the Gallery this evening, along with everyone who is involved with Justice for the Forgotten. They have my support, as well as the support of these benches, in their campaign for truth and justice. Their struggle for justice, despite the barriers they have faced, is absolutely inspirational. Truth, as all families who have been impacted by...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy. I ask him to adjourn. When we come back, the Deputy's group will have 12 minutes remaining.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy Mary Lou McDonald.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Which Minister is taking this?

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Tánaiste is coming. He was here a minute ago. We will wait.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: As we are waiting, I am sure the Ceann Comhairle would like, on behalf of the House, to extend a welcome to the families from Justice for the Forgotten, who are joining us.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Absolutely, they are all most welcome.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Members applauded.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recalling the motion it adopted unanimously on 10th July, 2008 which: — noted "the interim and final reports of the sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights on the report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan Bombings and the three related Barron Reports, including the...