RUC Special Patrol Group officer John Weir claimed to have first met Jackson in 1974 at Norman 's Bar , in Moira , County Down . Weir stated in an affidavit that Jackson was one of those who had planned and carried out the Dublin car bombings . According to Weir , Jackson , along with the main organiser Billy Hanna and Davy Payne ( UDA , Belfast ) , led one of the two UVF units that bombed Dublin on 17 May 1974 in three separate explosions , resulting in the deaths of 26 people , including two infant girls . Close to 300 others were injured in the blasts ; many of them maimed and scarred for life . Journalist Peter Taylor affirmed that the Dublin car bombings were carried out by two UVF units , one from Mid-Ulster , the other from Belfast
Dublin car bombings
Dublin and Monaghan bombings
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