Blair ready to apologise to wrongly jailed father and son

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to issue a public apology to a father and son wrongly jailed for an infamous IRA pub bomb attack.

Gerry Conlon was one of the Guildford Four, imprisoned after five people were killed in the 1974 attack on the town's Horse and Groom bar, and Conlon's late father, Guiseppe, died in prison after he was jailed for a related offence.

The Conlons' plight was famously dramatised in the Oscar-nominated movie In The Name Of The Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

Even though their sentences were later quashed when doubts over evidence were raised, a campaign for further recognition has intensified.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy has indicated that the declaration from Blair that they have sought could be imminent.