Barron report to be issued on Wednesday

The Barron report on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974 will be published next Wednesday.

The Barron report on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974 will be published next Wednesday.

A Government spokeswoman confirmed that there would be minimal alterations to the report. Such changes are likely to take the form of names deleted in order to protect the rights of some of those mentioned.

The long-delayed report examines the adequacy of the Garda investigation into the bombings on May 17th, 1974, and persistent allegations that members of the British security forces colluded with UVF members who plotted the attacks.

The Government postponed moving a Dáil motion this week to pass the report to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for immediate publication.

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With the motion now scheduled to be moved next Wednesday, the committee is understood to be making arrangements to print the report as soon as it receives it.

Chaired by Mr Sean Ardagh TD (FF), the committee is preparing to publish the report at a press conference on Wednesday.