Report into Sackville bombings due today

The Barron report into the Dublin bombings, which killed three men in Sackville Place, is to be published by a Joint Oireachtas…

The Barron report into the Dublin bombings, which killed three men in Sackville Place, is to be published by a Joint Oireachtas Committee this afternoon.

The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, received the report into the December 1972 and January 1973 explosions, from Mr Justice Barron last June.

George Bradshaw (30), a bus driver, and Thomas Duffy (23), a conductor, were killed in an explosion on December 1st, 1972.

Weeks later, Tommy Douglas (21), a conductor from Scotland, was killed when another bomb exploded on January 20th, 1973.

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The families of the victims, all of whom worked for CIÉ, have long since called for public inquiry into the bombings after nobody was held responsible for the killings.

The report is expected to be published at 6 p.m.