Press release by www.sinnfein.ie, 30th July 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for north Belfast Gerry Kelly has stated that a full disclosure from the British Government and acknowledgement that the British army were involved in a cover up in the McGurk’s Bar bombing should now be forthcoming.
Speaking today Mr Kelly said: “The document surrounding what happened at the McGurk’s Bar in 1971 points clearly to the cover-up that followed the bomb attack on the bar and the smear campaign, which attempted to blame the innocent victims for the bomb, went to the highest level of the British army and government.
“For the victims families this is hardly a revelation. It is what they have been campaigning on for over 37 years now – to highlight what happened and to seek a full apology and admission of what occurred on the night and in the subsequent weeks, and months.
“However what is dismaying is that it was a relative of one of the victims who uncovered this document and that it was not released by the British government who were clearly hiding the evidence and deliberately giving false information.
“What we need to see now is the British government releasing all the files surrounding this and many other cases in order to get to the truth. “Without this there will not be closure for the families of those who have suffered through collusion and the British states role in the conflict.”
