"It found that the UVF was responsible for the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, and there was no specific intelligence that could have prevented the attacks, which claimed 34 lives including the life of an unborn baby, and injured approximately 300 people. It remains the biggest loss of life on any single day of the Troubles. The final Kenova report, published on Tuesday, updates 10 recommendations made in the interim report last year,"
"The UK government has been urged to name the Army's top spy in the Provisional IRA following a major independent probe into his activities. Operation Kenova found in its interim report that more lives were probably lost than saved through the operation of Stakeknife, an agent who "committed grotesque, serious crime" including torture and murder. Following the final report, Kenova chief Iain Livingstone said there is a "compelling ethical case for the UK Government to derogate from the Neither Confirm Nor Deny"
Operation Kenova found the UVF responsible for the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which killed 34 people, including an unborn baby, and injured about 300, making it the single deadliest day of the Troubles. The inquiry found no specific intelligence that could have prevented the attacks. The final Kenova report updates ten recommendations, urging the UK government to acknowledge and apologise to bereaved families and surviving victims. The report also called for a full apology from the Republican Movement for the Provisional IRA's abduction, torture and murder of suspected agents, urged naming the British Army agent Stakeknife, and proposed June 21 as a remembrance day.
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