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| Spotlight on pub bomb 37 years on | |
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| A report on a 1971 loyalist pub bombing which killed 15 people in north Belfast has been raised in the Commons. | |
| The Historical Enquiries Team's report on the McGurk's bar bombing was raised by Scottish MP Michael Connarty, whose great-uncle died in the attack. | |
| It dismissed as "irresponsible and inaccurate" British army claims at the time the bomb was an IRA bomb being prepared which exploded prematurely. | It dismissed as "irresponsible and inaccurate" British army claims at the time the bomb was an IRA bomb being prepared which exploded prematurely. |
| A UVF getaway driver received 15 life sentences in 1978. | A UVF getaway driver received 15 life sentences in 1978. |
| The group revisiting more than 2,000 unsolved murders during the Troubles found that the authorities' IRA claim, which upset relatives of the victims, "could not be based on facts but instead reflected a desired outcome". | The group revisiting more than 2,000 unsolved murders during the Troubles found that the authorities' IRA claim, which upset relatives of the victims, "could not be based on facts but instead reflected a desired outcome". |
| Documents recently emerged stating that military advisers told politicians the bomb was in the hands of one of the customers and urged them to make this public. | Documents recently emerged stating that military advisers told politicians the bomb was in the hands of one of the customers and urged them to make this public. |
| Apology | Apology |
| Ahead of Monday's brief Commons debate, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward has written to apologise to the Labour MP for Falkirk East, an apology which he said reflected his concern for all those who died in the Troubles. | Ahead of Monday's brief Commons debate, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward has written to apologise to the Labour MP for Falkirk East, an apology which he said reflected his concern for all those who died in the Troubles. |
| He said: "The tragedy of the Troubles is that any of those people died, and one of the things that politicians have to get much better at is actually taking on their responsibility as a secretary of state and saying, I'm sorry. | He said: "The tragedy of the Troubles is that any of those people died, and one of the things that politicians have to get much better at is actually taking on their responsibility as a secretary of state and saying, I'm sorry. |
| "Michael has a relative who was in that bar. I am sorry his relative died. | "Michael has a relative who was in that bar. I am sorry his relative died. |
| "I am sorry for the extraordinary additional pain they suffered from the descriptions at the time of who was behind the bomb." | "I am sorry for the extraordinary additional pain they suffered from the descriptions at the time of who was behind the bomb." |