A well-attended wreath-laying ceremony has taken place to mark 50 years since the Castleblayney bombing.
A no-warning car bomb exploded outside the Three Star Inn on Main Street at 8:20pm on the 7th of March 1976, with 56-year-old man, Patrick 'Packie' Mone, killed in the blast.
A review was launched into the incident in March 2020, and families who lost loved ones in attacks related to the Glenanne Gang are awaiting the publication of Operation Denton.
Margaret Erwin, from Justice for the Forgotten, says Patrick's family have been waiting years for answers:
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Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, PJ O'Hanlon says it's important for the younger generation to know what happened fifty years ago:
