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18 April 2002 Irish Bombing Probe —from UTV The British authorities have provided an Irish judge investigating the Dublin and Monaghan bombings with an ''enormous amount'' of information, it was claimed today. Bertie Ahern said the judge had received an "enormous amount" of files and information. The details should allow Mr Justice Henry Barron to provide an interim report by the autumn into the 1974 attacks which killed 33 men and women, Mr Ahern said. Bereaved families and victims of the attacks have been lobbying for months for Britain to hand over security documents to the inquiry. They accused Britain of stalling on co-operation, fuelling their suspicion that British security services colluded with loyalist bombers to plant the devices on May 17, 1974. But during Taoiseach`s Question Time in the Irish Parliament today, Mr Ahern said a large quantity of documents had now been handed over which would allow Justice Barron to produce an interim report. However, a preliminary trawl of the documents by the judge suggested that more papers were still needed. Mr Ahern told the House: "On the issue of Justice Barron I understand he did receive an enormous amount of information, data and files. Whether that will resolve a lot of issues I do not know. "Certainly he has received the information he asked for and a lot of the records and from that he has highlighted areas where there are gaps and where he wants further information. "But he is receiving co-operation and there are direct lines of assistance there that were not there. "That has allowed him to move on very quickly and very speedily to bring us his interim report on the other side of summer," he said. See Also: The 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings Army 'Link' to Dublin Bombings  Compo Deal for Terrorism Relatives Irish Bombing Probe "Sovereign Immunity" Defence Planned If British Government Sued Spies to Tell of Republic Forays Page updated 30 Mar 2008 Ireland's OWN Logo by Eamann Website Design and Celtic Background by Míchealín Daugherty Copyright © 2008 Ireland's OWN All Rights Reserved.