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Who would want, the Legacy, of Liam Cosgrave, Fine Gael? Former Taoiseach.

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How Liam Cosgrave’s ‘great deception’ may have prevented victims of Dublin and Monaghan bombings getting justice

On the anniversary of the atrocity, a new book by retired garda John O’Brien claims no action was taken against UVF as former taoiseach considered IRA to be a greater threat

A victim of the Talbot Street bomb in 1974 is taken away by emergency workers after the Dublin and Monaghan bombings
A victim of the Talbot Street bomb in 1974 is taken away by emergency workers after the Dublin and Monaghan bombings

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Retired detective chief superintendent John O’Brien accuses former taoiseach Liam Cosgrave of “morally washing his hands” of UVF attacks because he considered the IRA to be the “greater evil of the two”.

It is understood that British prime minister Harold Wilson personally informed Mr Cosgrave that a UVF gang was ­responsible for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. However, it is claimed the taoiseach of the day took no action because the Irish side was “obsessed” with the IRA’s escalating campaign of violence in the Republic.

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