A powerful new documentary film about the Monaghan and Dublin bombings is to be shown in Monaghan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of when the Troubles came to the Republic.
On the 17th of May 1974, three no-warning bombs exploded in the centre of Dublin at the end of a working day during a bus strike, killing 27 people including an unborn baby.
278 people were injured during that day. A short time later at 6:59pm, a car bomb exploded in the centre of Monaghan Town killing 5 people initially with another 2 dying in the following weeks.
Years later, loyalist terrorist group, the UDA claimed responsibility for the atrocities. The gut-wrenching testimonies of Monaghan families ignored by the State is on full display in the documentary, which is being shown in the Garage Theatre, Monaghan Town next Friday the 24th of May. The producer of the film entitled "Anatomy of a Massacre", Fergus Dowd says the message they wanted to get across through the film was that these people were let down by the state.
