State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1974

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Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1974.

May

  • 17 - Three no-warning car bombs ripped through the heart of Dublin at 5.30 pm. Twenty-six people (including a French and Italian citizen) and an unborn baby lost their lives. Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street were devastated. Ninety minutes later, a fourth car bomb exploded outside Greacen's Pub in North Road, Monaghan town where a further seven people died.[1] The Pat Finucane Centre has linked the bombings to the Glennane Gang.[2]

Notes

  1. THE DUBLIN AND MONAGHAN BOMBINGS, Justice for the Forgotten, 19 June 2012.
  2. Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.