TUV Court Councillor Ron McDowell will host an event in the Conor Room in Belfast City Hall tomorrow morning at 11 am to mark the completion of a fundraising campaign for the Justice for the 21. Justice for the 21 campaigns on behalf of the families of those who lost loved ones in the IRA bombing of Birmingham in November 1974. 21 civilians were murdered in the massacre while over 180 others were injured.
Speaking about the event TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell said:
“The Birmingham Pub Bombings were, even by the IRA’s barbaric standards, a particularly shocking outrage. The indiscriminate nature of the attack on innocent civilians and the horrific loss of life which it caused deserves to be more widely remembered. The tenacity of the campaign group Justice for the 21 in keeping the memory of their loved ones alive and seeking to obtain justice for them is incredible.
“I was very pleased to be able to organise a modest event at City Hall to mark the arrival of Glenn Randall and Ian Williams in Belfast, two men who walked from Birmingham to Liverpool before they will fly to Belfast on a mission to raise money for the campaign.
“The event will take place at 11am tomorrow morning in the Conor Room.
“Sadly, the group were refused their application to facilitate the laying of wreaths in the building. Exactly who objected to this modest request remains unclear as it was a decision taken from which I was excluded. However, the wreaths will be presented to an innocent victim of IRA terror during my event tomorrow morning.”