British state collusion with loyalist paramilitary organisations has been well documented in several high profile cases from the late eighties such as the murder of the human rights lawyer, Patrick Finucane, and the killing of Raymond McCord.
There is overwhelming evidence that collusion occurred in the perpetration of many other appalling atrocities, including the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. This Ministry of Defence document discloses the fact that there was knowledge -at the highest British political and military levels - of subversion in the UDR, as early as 1973.
The victim's families seek to establish the truth about a group of British security force members and Loyalists who operated out of a farm at Glenanne, Co. Armagh. This group, which included members of the RUC, UDR and British Army intelligence, as well as Loyalist paramilitaries from Counties Armagh and Tyrone, was responsible for over 100 murders in a series of gun and bomb attacks on both sides of the Border throughout the 1970s.
There is significant evidence that this loose grouping operated as a semi-official death squad at the behest of certain British state agencies, and further, that it was instrumental in carrying out the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and many other atrocities across the Republic of Ireland.
The bombings took place on 17 May 1974 at the following locations:
Parnell Street, Dublin
Talbot Street, Dublin
South Leinster Street, Dublin
Church Square, Monaghan.
Thirty-three people, including one pregnant woman, died as a result of these atrocities. Many more were injured.
Dorothy Morris (57): Employed at Cadbury’s. Dorothy had five siblings and lived all her life in Kimmage with her mother and sister, Georgina. She was killed in the Talbot Street explosion.
John O’Brien (24), Anna O’Brien (22), Jacqueline (17 mths) & Anne-Marie (5 mths): Lived in Gardiner Street, originally from Finglas. John worked in Palm Grove, the ice-pop factory. This ...
Christina O’Loughlin (51): Worked in the Shelbourne Hotel as a french polisher. Resided in Townsend Street, Dublin. Christina was killed in the South Leinster Street explosion.
Edward John O’Neill (39): Self-employed painter and decorator who lived in Dominick Street with is wife, Martha and five children: Denise, Angela, Billy, Edward Jnr, and Niall. Edward was killed ...
Marie Phelan (20): Worked in the Civil Service. Originally from Ballyvoreen, Woodstown, Co. Waterford and living in Dublin. Survived by her parents, Kitty and Billy, and brothers, Pat and Anthony. ...
Siobhán Roice (19): Worked in the Civil Service. Originally from Thomas Street, Wexford town and living in Dublin. She was survived by her parents, Johanna and Edward, sisters Aileen and Elizabeth ...
Maureen Shields (46): Originally from Hollyford, Co. Tipperary. Maureen moved to Dublin where she worked in the Civil Service until her marriage to Leo in 1953. Maureen was killed in the Talbot Street ...
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The names and circumstances of the death of the victims referred to on this website comes from court documents, witness statements, official reports, and respected human rights and civil liberties organisations such as Amnesty International. Allegations of the British Army Force Research Unit collusion in the murder of UK citizens, including the murder of human rights lawyer Patrick Finucane comes from the British Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens who conducted the official enquiry into British Army Collusion.
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