In a televised statement Statement on the evening of July 25 , Kennedy said Statement his conduct Action immediately after the accident Catastrophe `` made no sense to me at all '' , and that he regarded Protest his failure to report Reporting the accident Catastrophe immediately as `` indefensible '' .

On the 40th anniversary of the bombing Attack , former Provisional IRA leader Martin McGuinness described Statement the events of that day as `` appalling and indefensible '' and `` inflicted Bodily_harm on totally innocent people ''