50th anniversary of Herron family deaths in IRA bomb to be marked

The Herron family have said they want their relatives to be remembered for who they were, not how they died (PA) -

The surviving family of a father, mother and daughter killed in a bomb attack in Co Down 50 years ago have said they want them to be remembered for their goodness and humanity, and not how they died.

William Herron, 64; his wife Elizabeth, 58, and their youngest daughter Noeline, 26, were victims of the bomb planted by the Provisional IRA, which exploded in the family’s drapery shop in Dromore on April 7 1976.