A Kilrush native accused of being involved in an IRA bombing which killed four British soldiers is facing a civil action taken by their families.
Four years ago, John Downey was charged with the murders of the four men who lost their lives in the 1982 Hyde Park Bombing.
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However, the case against him later collapsed after it emerged that UK government officials had mistakenly told him that he was no longer a wanted man.
The UK’s Sun newspaper now reports that the county’s Legal Aid Agency has agreed to fund the civil action against Downey, despite previously refusing to do so.
