There is “a will” among the Government to respond positively to a UK inquiry into the Omagh bombing though a “precise mechanism” has to be worked out, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin.
The Real IRA attack killed 29 people, including a pregnant woman with twins when a car bomb exploded in the Co Tyrone town on August 15th, 1998.
Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aidan in the blast and took legal action over a decade ago for an investigation, has spoken of the “huge cross-Border element” as the bomb was transported from the Republic, “so the Government in Dublin would also need to talk to the families”. The terms of reference for the UK inquiry have not been released and Mr Martin said they would await these before deciding on what course of action to take.
A controversial ‘legacy’ bill that aims to “draw a line” under the conflict by shutting down all inquests, criminal and civil cases and offering a conditional amnesty to perpetrators, is currently going through Parliament.
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