Troubles
victims fund set up
Dublin
and Monaghan bombings: 33 died in Troubles' bloodiest day
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A £2m fund for relatives of victims of the Troubles has been set up
by the Irish Government.
The
money will be allocated to people in the Irish Republic.
The
fund is one of the Irish Government's obligations under the 1998 Good
Friday Agreement.
Among
those expected to benefit are relatives of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan
bombings and the Dublin and Dundalk bombings in 1972.
The
money will be distributed through a Remembrance Fund Commission which is
due to be established on a statutory basis shortly.
The
Justice for the Forgotten group, which represents relatives of those
killed in Dublin and Monaghan, welcomed the fund.
Margaret
Urwin of the group said she was delighted by the news.
Pressure
"We
have fought for this for three and a half years and we have lobbied
politicians across all the parties," she said.
"Reams
and reams of paper have gone between our group and the Department for
Justice. We have really kept the pressure on.
"Certainly
we are welcoming it, we are really delighted about it."
The
three car bombs which detonated in Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May 1974
caused the biggest loss of life on a single day in the course of the
Troubles.
Two
bombs exploded in Dublin, killing 26 people including a pregnant woman.
Ninety
minutes later another exploded in the border town of Monaghan killing
seven people. Over 200 people were injured.
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