{"id":868,"date":"2024-05-17T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomat.ie\/?p=868"},"modified":"2024-05-17T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:28:59","slug":"president-michael-d-higgins-commemorates-50th-anniversary-of-dublin-and-monaghan-bombings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomat.ie\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/president-michael-d-higgins-commemorates-50th-anniversary-of-dublin-and-monaghan-bombings\/","title":{"rendered":"President Michael D. Higgins commemorates 50th anniversary of Dublin and Monaghan Bombings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uachtar\u00e1n na h\u00c9ireann, President Michael D. Higgins will today commemorate the 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which took place on 17 May 1974, at ceremonies in Dublin and Monaghan organised by Justice for the Forgotten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The President will meet with survivors and families of those who were killed in Dublin and Monaghan, as well as with families of those killed in a number of other bombings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dublin ceremony will take place at 12.30pm at the Talbot Street Memorial. President Higgins will address the event and lay a wreath on behalf of the people of Ireland. The Monaghan event will take place at 6.45pm at the victims\u2019 memorial on Church Square in Monaghan Town, where the President will once again lay a wreath on behalf of the people of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dublin and Monaghan bombings were the greatest loss of life in a single day during the Troubles, with 34 people including a full-term unborn baby killed and more than 300 people injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Higgins will meet with survivors and families of the victims in both Dublin and Monaghan. 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