John Downing: The whiff of British security’s collusion in Ireland’s largest Troubles’ carnage still lingers

Fifty years after a series of UVF bombs killed 34 people, there are suspicions over the official narrative

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Memorial to the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings on Talbot Street in Dublin, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

John Downing

For many, it was the day the pain and horror of Northern Ireland’s war came south of the Border. A series of Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) bombs in Dublin and Monaghan killed 34 people, including an unborn child.

It is 50 years this weekend since those Dublin and Monaghan bombings.