The Government has set up a Commission of Investigation to look into the garda investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 which left 33 people dead.
Barrister Patrick MacEntee will be the sole member of the commission, the first such body set up under legislation passed last year to cut down on the cost of tribunals and inquiries.
It will investigate why the garda investigation was wound down in 1974, why specific leads were not followed up by gardaí and how and why documentation went missing.
Judge Henry Barron - who enquired into the bombings on behalf of a Dáil committee - found that key files were missing from garda archives.
All the documents detailing the investigation into the Dublin bombing which claimed the lives of 26 people were unaccounted for as well as what the judge described as a considerable amount of security information.
His findings were greeted with amazement and unease and led to calls for this further investigation into the situation.
The Commission will also investigate why gardaí did not follow up on information about a man staying in the Four Courts Hotel and his contacts with the UVF and a British Army corporal allegedly sighted in Dublin at the time of the bombings.
Meanwhile, a group representing those bereaved and injured in the bombings has said it has no confidence in the new enquiry.
A statement from the 'Justice for the Forgotten' group said it had already made known its concerns to the Government.
The group says that the terms of reference do not refer to the rights of the victims and consequently the families and their advisers are concerned they may have no role in the commission.
