Dublin solicitor Kieran Conway interviewed over Birmingham bombing

Dublin solicitor Kieran Conway has been interviewed by gardaí about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.

Mr Conway agreed to speak to gardaí of the Special Detective Unit following a request from West Midlands Police.

A British detective was reportedly present for the duration of the interview at Pearse Street Garda Station.

West Midlands Police prepared questions for the solicitor following revelations in his 2014 book, Southside Provisional, in which he wrote that former IRA chief of staff Dáithí Ó Conaill talked to him about the bombings in their immediate aftermath.

The Provisional IRA never officially admitted responsibility for the attacks, which killed 21 people and injured 182 others.

Mr Conway said he did not give gardaí the name of the man who debriefed IRA members in the aftermath of the bombings.

He also said he admitted his IRA membership during the filmed interview but does not expect to be prosecuted.

The bombings remain the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation in the UK.