Commission Of Investigation into The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 - Second Interim Report, January 2006

Introduction

The commission of investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “the commission”) was established by Order of the Government made under section 3 of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004.

Notice of the Order of the Government was published in the 13^th May 2005 edition of Iris Oifigiuil.

The terms of reference of the commission were also published in the 13^th May 2005 edition of Iris Oifigiuil. A copy of the terms of reference of the commission is set out in Appendix A of this second interim report.

The commission has decided pursuant to section 6(6) of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 to request the Taoiseach, as specified Minister under the section 3(3)(b) of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, to consider a revision of the time-frame for the submission of the final report of this statutory investigation.

This second interim report is submitted to the Taoiseach pursuant to section 33(3) of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004.