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Omagh bombing

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statutory powers, responsibilities and functions." The group later dropped its efforts. RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan called the report "grossly unfair" and "an erroneous conclusion reached in advance and then a desperate attempt to find anything that might happen to fit in with that." Other senior police officers also disputed the report's findings. Flanagan issued a 190-page counter-report in response, and has also stated that he has considered taking legal action. He argued that the multiple warnings were given by the RIRA to cause confusion and lead to a greater loss of life. Assistant Chief Constables Alan McQuillan and Sam Kincaid sent
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Market Street–High Street was the town's main shopping street. It runs for hundreds of yards east–west from the site of the bomb to the courthouse. Given the warnings, police believed the bomb was near the courthouse, so they evacuated the surrounding buildings and streets. As it happened, they moved people away from the courthouse and towards the site of the bomb, placing a cordon at Scarffe's Entry. The courthouse is roughly 365 yards (334 m) from the spot where the car bomb was parked. During the later
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to a wider audience so we can all understand the journey they have made." In promotion for the film, Channel 4 stated that the group had pursued "a patient, determined, indomitable campaign to bring those responsible for the bomb to justice, and to hold to account politicians and police on both sides of the border who promised so much in the immediate aftermath of the atrocity but who in the families' eyes have delivered all too little."
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uncooperative and defensive during her inquiry. The report concluded that, "The victims, their families, the people of Omagh and officers of the RUC were let down by defective leadership, poor judgement and a lack of urgency." It recommended the setting up of a new investigation team independent of the new Police Service of Northern Ireland, which had since replaced the RUC, led by a senior officer from an outside police force.
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McKinney, stated in March 2000 that, "we are working towards a memorial. It is a very sensitive issue." In April 2007, the council announced the launch of a public art design competition by the Omagh Memorial Working Group. The group's goal was to create a permanent memorial in time for the tenth anniversary of the bombing on 15 August 2008. It had a total budget of £240,000.
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stones have been left unturned," but then expressed doubt that the bombing could have been prevented. Lawrence Rush, whose wife Elizabeth died in the attack, said that, "There's no reason why Omagh should have happened – the police have been in dereliction of their duty." Other Omagh residents said that the police did all that they could. The
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so strong that it tore up concrete and pipes burst; the water, running down the street, turned red from the blood of dead and wounded people. Within twenty-five minutes journalists were on the street taking pictures. Twenty-one people who had been standing near the bomb were killed outright. Eight more died on the way to or in a hospital.
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them had great expectations, great hopes for the future." Sinn Féin as an organisation initially refused to co-operate with the investigation into the attack because the RUC was involved. On 17 May 2007, McGuinness stated that Irish republicans would co-operate with an independent, international investigation if one were created.
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A memorial service was held on 15 August 2018 to mark twenty years since the bombing. A bell was rung 32 times at 15:10, the time the bomb went off, to represent the 31 victims with an extra peal for those who have lost their lives in attacks all over the world. A memorial service was also held on 13
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stated "the families of the Omagh Support and Self Help Group have been in the public eye throughout the last five years, pursuing a legal campaign, shortly to come before the courts, with far-reaching implications for all of us and it feels the right moment for them to be heard, to bring their story
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announced an independent statutory inquiry. As opposed to a public inquiry, the chairman would decide which portions of the investigations could be made available to the public and the press. The inquiry will look into four different issues highlighted by a 2021 High Court ruling, namely the handling
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In 2003, a transcript of a conversation between Dixon and White was released. In it, Dixon confirms that Gardaí let the bomb go through and says that, "Omagh is going to blow up in their faces". In February 2004, PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde called for the Republic of Ireland to hand over Dixon. In
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stated that, "Sinn Féin fully supports the families' right to call for a full cross-border independent inquiry while the Policing Board has its clear and legal obligation to scrutinise the police handling of the investigations ... We recognise that the board has a major responsibility in carrying out
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called the report a "watershed in police accountability" and stated that it "broke the taboo around official criticism of police in Northern Ireland". Upon leaving office on 5 November 2007, Nuala O'Loan stated that the report was not a personal battle between herself and Sir Ronnie, and did not lead
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On 24 January 2008, former Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan apologised to the victims' families for the lack of convictions in relation to the Omagh bombing. This apology was rejected by some of the victims' families. After the Hoey verdict, BBC News reporter Kevin Connolly stated, "The Omagh families
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The Real IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing at the time. On 7 February 2008, a Real IRA spokesman stated that the group "had minimal involvement in Omagh. Our code word was used; nothing more. To have stated this at the time would have been lost in an understandable wave of emotion. ... Omagh
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Injured survivor Marion Radford described hearing an "unearthly bang", followed by "an eeriness, a darkness that had just come over the place", then screams as she saw "bits of bodies, limbs" on the ground while she searched for her 16-year-old son, Alan. She later discovered he had been killed yards
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stated that police "were clearing an area near the local courthouse, forty minutes after receiving a telephone warning, when the bomb detonated. But the warning was unclear and the wrong area was evacuated." The warnings mentioned "main street" when there was no street by that name in Omagh, although
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The group's five core objectives are "relief of poverty, sickness, disability of victims", "advancement of education and protection", "raising awareness of needs and experiences of victims, and the effects of terrorism", "welfare rights advice and information", and "improving conditions of life for
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The families of the victims of the bomb created the Omagh Support and Self Help Group after the bombing. The organisation is led by Michael Gallagher, whose 21-year-old son, Aidan, was killed in the bombing. Its website provides over 5,000 newspaper articles, video recordings, audio recordings, and
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called the allegations "preposterous" and said the information Fulton gave his handlers was full of "distortions and inaccuracies". However, Flanagan admitted that some of Fulton's information was not passed to RUC Special Branch due to "an administrative error". In September 2001, British security
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Initially, the Police Association, which represents both senior officers and rank and file members of the Northern Ireland police, went to court to try to block the release of the O'Loan report. The Association stated that, "The ombudsman's report and associated decisions constitute a misuse of her
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Three days after the bombing, the Real IRA claimed responsibility for planting the bomb but strongly denied intending to kill civilians and apologised to the victims. It also announced that "all military operations have been suspended". The group came under intense pressure to end its campaign. IRA
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said, "I am totally horrified by this action. I condemn it without any equivocation whatsoever." McGuinness mentioned that both Catholics and Protestants alike were injured and killed, saying, "All of them were suffering together. I think all them were asking the question 'Why?', because so many of
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in the crowded shopping area. It tore the car into deadly shrapnel and created a fireball and shockwave. People were caught in "a storm" of glass, masonry and metal, as the blast destroyed shop fronts and blew the roofs off buildings. A thick cloud of dust and smoke filled the street. The blast was
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The families of the victims expressed varying reactions to the report. Kevin Skelton, whose wife Philomena died in the attack, said that, "After the bomb at Omagh, we were told by Tony Blair and the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, that no stone would be left unturned ... It seems to me that a lot of
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In September 2007, the Omagh Council's proposed wording on a memorial plaque – "dissident republican car bomb" – brought it into conflict with several of the victims' families. Michael Gallagher has stated that "there can be no ambiguity over what happened on 15 August 1998, and no dancing around
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alleged that the police on both sides of the Irish border knew the identity of the bombers. It said, "As the bomb car and the scout car headed for the border, the police believe they communicated by mobile phone. This is based on an analysis of calls made in the hours before, during and after the
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that, "The republican movement refused to co-operate and those people hold the key to solving this mystery. Because they have difficulty in working with the RUC and Gardaí, we can't get justice." In January 2002, Gallagher told BBC News that, "There is such a deeply-held sense of frustration and
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was monitoring mobile phone calls between the bombers as the bomb car was being driven into Omagh. Ray White, former Assistant Chief of RUC Special Branch, said GCHQ had been monitoring mobile phones at their request. He said he believed GCHQ were listening to the phone calls 'live', rather than
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The Gardaí also had their own agent close to the Real IRA at the time, Paddy Dixon, who stole cars that were used by the group to transport bombs. Days before the bombing, the Real IRA had Dixon steal the Vauxhall Cavalier it would use in the attack. Dixon immediately told his handler, Detective
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Since space for a monument on Market Street itself is limited, the final memorial was to be split between the actual bombing site and the temporary Memorial Garden about 300 metres away. Artist Sean Hillen and architect Desmond Fitzgerald won the contest with a design that, in the words of the
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established the Omagh Memorial Working Group to devise a permanent memorial to the bombing victims. Its members come from both public and private sectors alongside representatives from the Omagh Churches Forum and members of the victims' families. The chief executive of the Omagh Council, John
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On 10 April 2014 Daly was charged with murdering the twenty-nine victims of the Omagh bombing and with other offences. He was arrested in Newry by police after he crossed the border into Northern Ireland. The case against Daly was withdrawn in February 2016, with the Public Prosecution Service
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merely recording them for later. John Ware claimed that a listening device had been hidden in the car and that GCHQ had recordings of what was said. None of this information was given to the RUC in Omagh at the time. Transcripts of the phone calls were later handed over to RUC Special Branch.
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decided to appoint a panel of independent experts to review the police's investigation of the bombing. Some of the relatives of the bombing victims criticised the decision, saying that an international public inquiry covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland should have been
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published a report on 12 December 2001 that strongly criticised the RUC over its handling of the bombing investigation. Her report stated that RUC officers had ignored the previous warnings about a bomb and had failed to act on crucial intelligence. She went on to say that officers had been
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to detonate it in forty minutes. They left the car and walked east down Market Street towards Campsie Road, before leaving Omagh in the scout car. A family of Spanish tourists happened to take photos next to the car; the man and child in the photograph survived but the photographer did not.
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In 2021, Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed during the attack, brought a case to the Belfast High Court which resulted in Mr Justice Mark Horner ruling that when considering certain grounds "there was a real prospect of preventing the Omagh bombing." Horner also called for new
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were dignified in defeat, as they have been dignified at every stage of their fight for justice. Their campaigning will go on, but the prospect is surely receding now that anyone will ever be convicted of murdering their husbands and brothers and sisters and wives and children."
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Sergeant John White. On 12 August, White passed this on to his superior, Detective Chief Superintendent Dermot Jennings. According to White, Jennings told him that they would let the bomb go through, mainly so that the Real IRA would not become suspicious of Dixon.
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said, "The injuries are horrific, from amputees, to severe head injuries to serious burns, and among them are women and children." The morning after the bombing, a man was killed when his car collided with an ambulance ferrying bomb victims to hospitals in Belfast.
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The Real IRA's tactics were the same as those of the IRA before it. It targeted the British security forces and carried out bombings of symbolic or economic targets. The goal was to damage the economy and cause severe disruption, thereby putting pressure on the
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A 2013 independent report concluded that the British, Irish and US intelligence agencies "starved" police in Omagh of intelligence that could have prevented the bombing. The report was commissioned by the victims' families and produced by Rights Watch (UK).
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three days before the bombing that the Real IRA was about to bring a "huge bomb" across the border. Fulton claims he also told them who he believed was making it and where it was being made. He said that MI5 did not pass his information over to the police.
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On 8 June 2009, the civil case taken by victims' relatives concluded, with McKevitt, Campbell, Murphy and Daly being found to have been responsible for the bombing. McKenna (died 14 July 2013) was cleared of involvement. The others were held liable for
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March 2006, Chief Constable Orde stated that "security services did not withhold intelligence that was relevant or would have progressed the Omagh inquiry". He stated that the dissident republicans investigated by MI5 were members of a different
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members visited the homes of sixty people connected with the Real IRA, and ordered them to disband and stop interfering with its arms dumps. On 7 September, the Real IRA called a ceasefire, although it would later resume its campaign. The
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saying, "There's a bomb, courthouse, Omagh, main street, 500lb, explosion thirty minutes." One minute later, the office received a second warning saying, "Bomb, Omagh town, fifteen minutes." The caller claimed the warning on behalf of
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stated that he had "very grave doubts" about it. Lawrence Rush, whose wife Elizabeth died in the bombing, tried legally to block the programme from being broadcast, saying, "This is media justice, we can't allow this to happen".
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arrested twelve men in connection with the bombing. They subsequently released all of them without charge. On 25 February 1999, they questioned and arrested at least seven suspects. Builder and publican Colm Murphy, from
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BBC News said that survivors described scenes of "utter carnage," with the dead and dying "strewn across the street and other victims screaming for help". The injured were initially taken to two local hospitals, the
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At around 14:30, three phone calls were made warning of a bomb in Omagh, using the same codeword that had been used in the Real IRA's bombing in Banbridge two weeks earlier: "Martha Pope". The calls were made from
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failed to act on prior warnings and criticised the RUC's investigation of the bombing. Police reportedly obtained circumstantial and coincidental evidence against some suspects, but were unable to convict.
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and sharing of intelligence, the use of mobile phone analysis, the possibility of the existence of advance knowledge of the bomb, and whether the attack could have been prevented by disruption operations.
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award internationally. Murphy and Daly appealed and were granted a retrial, but this second trial also found them responsible for the bombing, with the judge describing the evidence as overwhelming.
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that, "From the Church's point of view, all I am concerned about are not political arguments, not political niceties. I am concerned about the torment of ordinary people who don't deserve this."
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words can distract from the truth." The Council appointed an independent mediator in an attempt to reach an agreement with those families. Construction started on the memorial on 27 July 2008.
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on 4 March 2001 was a revenge attack for the broadcast. On 9 April 2003, the five Real IRA members behind the BBC bombing were convicted and sentenced to between sixteen and twenty-two years.
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has described the song as "the most bitter song U2 has ever written". The names of all 29 people killed during the bombing were recited at the conclusion of the group's anti-violence anthem "
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were present, along with relatives of many of the victims. A number of bereaved families, however, boycotted the service and held their own service the following Sunday. They argued that the
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The death of Adrian Gallagher, along with the experiences of his father Michael and those of other families in the Omagh Support and Self Help Group formed the story of the television film
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bombing. This analysis may prove to be the key to the Omagh bomb investigation." Using the phone records, the programme reported the names of the four prime suspects as Oliver Traynor,
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prosecutor Gordon Kerr called the warnings "not only wrong but... meaningless" and said that the nature of the warnings made it inevitable that people would be moved towards the bomb.
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On 28 October 2000, the families of four children killed in the bombing – James Barker, 12, Samantha McFarland, 17, Lorraine Wilson, 15, and 20-month-old Breda Devine – launched a
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in Northern Ireland. Telephoned warnings which did not specify the location had been sent almost forty minutes beforehand, and police inadvertently moved people toward the bomb.
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received a call stating that a bomb would go off on the "main street" of Omagh "about 200 yards" (180 m) from the courthouse. The recipients passed on the information to the
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to withdraw from Northern Ireland. Warnings were sent before such bombings, along with a code word so that the authorities would know it was genuine. The Real IRA
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Omagh Leisure Centre was used as a base for relatives and friends of the victims. There they could receive news updates. Twenty-nine people were killed, eighteen
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Oliver Gibson, whose niece Esther died in the bombing, said that the government did not have the will to pursue those responsible and welcomed the programme.
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Because of the stretched emergency services, buses, cars and helicopters were used to take the victims to other hospitals in Northern Ireland, including the
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groups. The new measures included allowing suspected members of terrorist groups to be convicted on the word of a senior police officer, curtailment of the
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containing the bomb. This photograph was taken shortly before the explosion; the camera was found in the rubble. The man and child in the photo survived.
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of April 1998 was signed. Intended to be a comprehensive solution to the Troubles, the agreement had broad support both in Ireland and internationally.
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said the Ombudsman had obtained evidence confirming Fulton's allegations. A spokesman for the Ombudsman neither confirmed nor denied this assertion.
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other information sources relating to the events leading up to and following the bombing as well as information about other terrorist attacks.
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documentary, titled "Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told", was aired in September 2008. It revealed that the British intelligence agency
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established instead. The review was to determine whether enough evidence exists for further prosecutions. and to investigate the possible
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On 15 August 2008, a memorial service was held in Omagh. Senior government representatives from the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the
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British, Irish and US intelligence agencies allegedly had information which could have prevented the bombing, most of which came from
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However, the controversy as to the proper framing of the public commemoration of the Omagh bombing, lives on – see the article "
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criticised it, saying that "bandying around names on television" could hinder attempts to secure convictions. First Minister
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programme, stating that it reminded "people that what happened in Omagh is still capable of happening in other towns".
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was tried and convicted of conspiring to cause the bombing, but was released on appeal after it was revealed that the
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signed up in support of the plaintiffs' legal fund. The civil action began in Northern Ireland on 7 April 2008.
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legislation passed in the wake of the Omagh bombing "ineffective". He expressed support for the controversial
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There was a strong regional and international outcry against 'dissident' republicans and in favour of the
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In February 2002, Prime Minister Tony Blair declined a written request by the group to meet with him at
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and stated that they would pursue the alleged bombers using international law. Michael Gallagher told
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programme. On 15 March 2001, the families of all twenty-nine people killed in the bombing launched a
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also expressed their sympathies. The Spanish Ambassador to Ireland visited some of the injured.
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had been monitoring conversations between the bombers as the bomb was being driven into Omagh.
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our duty in holding the PSNI to account in the interests of justice for the Omagh families".
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and the Erne Hospital. A local leisure centre was set up as a casualty field centre, and the
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In response to the bombing, both the British and Irish governments vowed to enact tougher
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forged interview notes used in the case. Murphy's nephew Sean Hoey was also tried but was
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of two police witnesses made during Hoey's trial. Sinn Féin member of the Policing Board
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said, "This appalling act was carried out by those opposed to the peace process," while
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was charged with the murder of 29 people; the case against him was withdrawn in 2016.
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dramatising the events surrounding the bombing and its aftermath. It was directed by
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programme, calling it "a very powerful and very professional piece of work". Irish
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Lower Market Street, site of the bombing, 2001. The courthouse is in the background
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accused the bombers of deliberately trying to direct civilians towards the bomb.
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to one. She stated that the "recommendations which we made were complied with".
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The security forces believed the Real IRA were responsible. RUC Chief Constable
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On Saturday 15 August, the bomb car was driven from County Monaghan across the
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David Rupert, an American citizen, was jointly run as an agent by MI5 and the
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paid a visit to the town and spoke with the families of some of the victims.
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The bombing caused outrage both locally and internationally, spurred on the
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In April 2000, the group argued that the attack breached Article 57 of the
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Churches across Northern Ireland called for a national day of mourning.
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One of the Omagh bombing survivors just graduated with a Masters degree
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away from her after the two became separated minutes before the blast.
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programme aired the special "Who Bombed Omagh?", hosted by journalist
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at 3:10 p.m. on 22 August 1998; exactly one week after the bombing.
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was an absolute tragedy. Any loss of civilian life is regrettable."
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had failed in 1996, there was a resumption of political violence in
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Attacks on government buildings and structures in Northern Ireland
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and was first shown on television in both countries in May 2004.
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Tyrone County Hospital, where many of the bomb victims were taken
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Council to consider action over new plaque on Omagh bomb memoria
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Inside the IRA: Dissident Republicans and the War for Legitimacy
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stated that he believed there would be no further prosecutions.
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inside the Real IRA, but this information was not given to the
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on 1 August, which caused thirty-five injuries but no deaths.
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called the perpetrators of the bombing "undiluted fascists".
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expressed her sympathies to the victims' families, while the
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called the bombing an "appalling act of savagery and evil."
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deciding there was "no reasonable prospect of conviction".
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Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process
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The scene in Market Street minutes after the bomb went off
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August 2023 to mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing.
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registration number 91-DL-2554. The bombers replaced its
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were killed and injured. As a result of the bombing, new
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victims". The group also provides support to victims of
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laws. On 3 September, the British parliament passed the
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were swiftly enacted by the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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A nationwide minute of silence was observed across the
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Attacks by Republicans since the Good Friday Agreement
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The Omagh bombing took place thirteen weeks after the
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Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998
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1998 car bombing in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA
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There were also attacks or attempted attacks in 6983:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1998 5296:Intelligence on Omagh bomb 'withheld from police' 5047:"Omagh bomb: Bell tolls to mark 20th anniversary" 4495: 4493: 4491: 4489: 4395: 4393: 4391: 4389: 4387: 3952:"Landmark damages awarded for N. Ireland bombing" 3092: 2321: 1783:2-million civil action against Real IRA suspects 5116:"Who are the people listed in "Peace On Earth"?" 5022:"Omagh marks 10th anniversary of deadly bombing" 4586: 4584: 4582: 4423:"Omagh Bomb: Probe into RUC 'warning' nears end" 4362:"Orde to outline the extent of dissident threat" 4097: 4095: 3565:"Trial of man suspected of Omagh bombing begins" 3106:"Omagh Bombing: Northern Ireland's Blackest Day" 2678: 2676: 1242:(IRA), who considered this as a betrayal of the 1230:in September 1997, which involved commitment to 5291:Reflections on Omagh bombing from five years on 4409:by Rights Watch/UK (15 August 2013), pp. 12–13. 3330:"Ulster carnage as bomb blast targets shoppers" 3156: 3154: 3152: 3150: 3148: 3146: 2046:that the families believe is part of the RIRA. 5257:Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice 4509:, Rights Watch/UK (15 August 2013), pp. 12–13. 4138:"Nuala O'Loan: the job I didn't want to leave" 3138:The Queen -v- Sean Hoey [2007] NICC 49 1884:giving information that supported the report. 5557: 5531:Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group) 5321: 4761:"Omagh families head to international courts" 3283:"They took away a lot of good lives that day" 3020:. Department of the Taoiseach. Archived from 2992:"Deadly Omagh bombing remembered 10 years on" 2004:In February 2023, Northern Ireland Secretary 1849:of damages. It was described as a "landmark" 1234:, as part of the peace process negotiations. 338: 206: 8: 6918:20th-century mass murder in Northern Ireland 4702:"Omagh support group launch digital archive" 4304: 4302: 4300: 4298: 3730: 3728: 3324: 2826: 2824: 1975:than the perpetrators of the Omagh bombing. 1342:was stolen from outside a block of flats in 7008:Terrorist incidents in Ireland in the 1990s 4901: 4899: 4897: 4895: 4893: 4891: 3505: 3503: 3501: 3499: 3497: 3495: 3493: 3414: 3412: 3322: 3320: 3318: 3316: 3314: 3312: 3310: 3308: 3306: 3304: 3253:"Main Events surrounding the bomb in Omagh" 3055: 3053: 3051: 3049: 3047: 3045: 3043: 3041: 3039: 2223:U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland 2194:Another song inspired by the bombings was " 1652:Offences Against The State (Amendment) Bill 1627:As the trial of a suspect started in 2006, 1276:mounted several car bomb and mortar attacks 6948:Car and truck bombings in Northern Ireland 6580: 5863: 5747: 5594: 5585: 5564: 5550: 5542: 5328: 5314: 5306: 5221:. United States Institute of Peace Press. 5217:The effects of violence on peace processes 5184:"Families praise film about Omagh bombing" 4641: 4639: 4637: 4615:Gordon, Ali; Fox, Matt (2 February 2023). 4483:by Rights Watch/UK (15 August 2013), p. 15 4449:"MI5 withheld intelligence ahead of Omagh" 4132: 4130: 4128: 4126: 4124: 3761: 3759: 3757: 3596:"First Statement issued by the "real" IRA" 2949:"Birth and rise of the IRA – the Real IRA" 2771:"Relatives disappointed with Omagh ruling" 2618: 2616: 2614: 2436: 2434: 1160:reported that British intelligence agency 345: 331: 323: 213: 199: 191: 48: 31: 5015: 5013: 5011: 5009: 4755: 4753: 4417: 4415: 4197: 4195: 4193: 4191: 4189: 4187: 3920: 3918: 3061:"Who bombed Omagh? (Panorama transcript)" 2924:Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) profile 2794: 2792: 2719: 2717: 2715: 2713: 2711: 2709: 2504: 2502: 2500: 2269:Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles 2208:after the bombing in Omagh. U2 guitarist 6938:August 1998 events in the United Kingdom 4934: 4932: 4930: 4928: 4520:"Omagh agent claims Garda let bomb pass" 4172:. University of Ulster. 12 December 2001 3248: 2942: 2940: 2938: 2936: 2752: 2748: 2746: 2042:political activist group opposed to the 1102:who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the 5236:Mooney, John; O'Toole, Michael (2004). 4810: 4808: 4732:"Omagh families' vigil at 'fundraiser'" 4674: 4672: 4670: 4668: 4543: 4541: 4203:"Fresh Conflict over Omagh bomb report" 4017:"Republican charged over Omagh bombing" 3674:"Terror crackdown passes UK parliament" 3643: 3641: 3639: 3562:McKittrick, David (26 September 2006). 3446:"Car Bomb Kills 28 in Northern Ireland" 3369:"The Omagh Bomb – List of Those Killed" 3246: 3244: 3242: 3240: 3238: 3236: 3234: 3232: 3230: 3228: 3133: 3131: 3129: 3127: 2649: 2647: 2645: 2587: 2585: 2583: 2404: 2402: 2338: 2336: 2334: 2332: 2330: 2285: 5928:Northern Ireland civil rights movement 5706:Irish People's Liberation Organisation 5110: 5108: 5106: 5104: 4973:l" of 9 January 2019, as published in 3618:"Terror group says Ulster war is over" 3598:. 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The peace process resumed in 1997. 7: 6978:Terrorist incidents in County Tyrone 5020:Stevenson, Rachel (15 August 2008). 4816:"Fury as Blair snubs Omagh families" 4600:, rwuk.org (August 2013), pp. 15–16. 4028:from the original on 12 January 2022 3472:"Omagh families seek online justice" 2725:"Omagh bomb report 'grossly unfair'" 2624:"Real IRA apologises for Omagh bomb" 2343:Connolly, Kevin (20 December 2007). 1052:The Troubles in Britain & Europe 6688:Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 5380:Dissident Irish republican campaign 4907:"Omagh memorial in inscription row" 3926:"Flanagan apology to bomb families" 3207:"GCHQ 'monitored Omagh bomb calls'" 3140:. Crown Court for Northern Ireland. 2701:"GCHQ 'monitored Omagh bomb calls'" 1250:, left in October 1997 to form the 1119:dissident Irish republican campaign 224:Dissident Irish republican campaign 6973:Real Irish Republican Army actions 6903:1998 murders in the United Kingdom 6729:Social Democratic and Labour Party 6722:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5169:U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle 4988:"Omagh memorial lifted into place" 4549:"MI5 "did not retain Omagh advice" 4310:"Families shocked at Omagh report" 3845:"Omagh civil case 'unprecedented'" 3391:"Sad memories for Prince in Omagh" 2981:. Greenwood Publishing, 1997. p.20 2832:"Four found liable for Omagh bomb" 2800:"The quest to catch Omagh bombers" 2164:were responsible for the bombing. 1832:Police Service of Northern Ireland 1775:against the suspects named by the 1755:On 22 September 1998, the RUC and 1598:Social Democratic and Labour Party 1520:Northern Ireland Ambulance Service 1056:Assassinations during the Troubles 591:Dundalk & Silverbridge attacks 25: 6988:1990s murders in Northern Ireland 5286:Omagh Support and Self Help Group 4576:, theguardian.com, 8 August 2013. 4368:. 7 February 2008. Archived from 4336:"Omagh bomb investigation review" 3897:"Man not guilty of Omagh murders" 3709:. 7 February 2008. Archived from 2928:Federation of American Scientists 2510:"Bravery awards for bomb helpers" 2296:Thorton, Chris (15 August 2008). 1899:Independent bombing investigation 1360:Republic of Ireland number plates 1266:with an attempted car bombing in 1240:Provisional Irish Republican Army 1117:, and dealt a severe blow to the 1096:Provisional Irish Republican Army 1078:on 15 August 1998 in the town of 6873: 6872: 6617:Irish Republican Socialist Party 6432:Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting 4014:Whitehead, Tom (10 April 2014). 3995:from the original on 23 May 2022 3736:"Named Omagh 'suspect' in court" 3690:Conflict Archive on the Internet 3686:Chronology of the Conflict: 1998 3649:"Irish National Liberation Army" 3576:from the original on 23 May 2022 3257:Conflict Archive on the Internet 2381:"Man cleared over Omagh bombing" 1741:bombing of BBC Television Centre 1662:, and longer detention periods. 1501:Conflict Archive on the Internet 1308:another car bombing in Banbridge 955:James Murray's bookmakers attack 925:Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting 302:Bishop Street Courthouse bombing 6638:Republican Socialist Collective 6425:Sinn Féin Headquarters shooting 5675:Irish republican paramilitaries 5515:Republican Action Against Drugs 4977:website (retrieved 24 May 2019) 4870:"Omagh bereaved 'not let down'" 4708:. 29 March 2007. Archived from 3420:"National day of mourning call" 2703:, BBC.co.uk, 14 September 2008. 2345:"How the Omagh case unravelled" 2176:The bombing inspired the song " 2124:Omagh Memorial at the bomb site 1961:Federal Bureau of Investigation 1905:Northern Ireland Policing Board 1530:(including two Spaniards), ten 1264:began its paramilitary campaign 920:Sinn Féin Headquarters shooting 6928:Car and truck bombings in 1998 6313:IRA attacks in the Netherlands 6068:Dublin & Monaghan bombings 6061:Ulster Workers' Council strike 5836:Ulster Volunteer Service Corps 5777:Ulster loyalist paramilitaries 5360:Northern Ireland peace process 5341:32 County Sovereignty Movement 4787:"Living with the Omagh legacy" 3793:"Bomb may be Panorama payback" 3162:"Omagh bomb warnings released" 2036:32 County Sovereignty Movement 1637:Irish National Liberation Army 1548:Northern Ireland peace process 1202:Northern Ireland peace process 1115:Northern Ireland peace process 905:Musgrave Park Hospital bombing 890:Craigavon mobile shop killings 536:Dublin & Monaghan bombings 1: 6998:The Troubles in County Tyrone 6348:Attack on Derryard checkpoint 4591:Report into the Omagh bombing 4500:Report into the Omagh bombing 4474:Report into the Omagh bombing 4400:Report into the Omagh bombing 4255:"Omagh report: PSNI rebuttal" 3958:. 8 June 2009. Archived from 3676:. BBC News. 4 September 1998. 3259:. Retrieved 18 February 2009. 2298:"Omagh: The Edge of Darkness" 2000:Independent statutory inquiry 1679:On 9 October 2000, the BBC's 6397:Downing Street mortar attack 6362:South Armagh sniper campaign 6159:Jonesborough Gazelle downing 5857:Woodvale Defence Association 5822:Ulster Protestant Volunteers 5428:Massereene Barracks shooting 5118:. u2faqs.com. Archived from 3981:Hall, John (20 March 2013). 3871:"Sickness halts Omagh trial" 2264:Timeline of Real IRA actions 2012: 1751:Prosecutions and court cases 1739:The police believe that the 1402:many miles away in southern 1354:. At that time, it bore the 1338:On 13 August, a maroon 1991 1090:. 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The next minute, the 1326:Preparation and warnings 1218:which peaked during the 1034:Quinn brothers' killings 773:Milltown Cemetery attack 6993:1998 murders in Ireland 6963:Murder in County Tyrone 6844:Special Category Status 6702:Ulster Democratic Party 6657:Ulster loyalist parties 6327:Ballygawley bus bombing 6271:Remembrance Day bombing 6096:Miami Showband killings 6082:Birmingham pub bombings 5850:Protestant Action Force 5727:Republican Action Force 5612:Ulster Defence Regiment 5423:2001 Birmingham bombing 5255:de Burgh, Hugo (2008). 4596:19 October 2013 at the 4505:19 October 2013 at the 4479:19 October 2013 at the 4405:19 October 2013 at the 2930:; retrieved 13 May 2009 2817:(subscription required) 2427:(subscription required) 1865:Police Ombudsman report 1508:Royal Victoria Hospital 1450:Explosion and aftermath 1364:Northern Ireland plates 802:Ballygawley bus bombing 768:Remembrance Day bombing 753:Birches barracks attack 621:Flagstaff Hill incident 561:Miami Showband killings 531:Clogher barracks attack 287:Palace Barracks bombing 262:2001 Birmingham bombing 6913:1990s in County Tyrone 6908:1998 building bombings 6488:Loughinisland massacre 6285:Start of peace process 6229:Brighton hotel bombing 6075:Guildford pub bombings 5787:Ulster Volunteer Force 5433:2010 Newry car bombing 5398:1998 Banbridge bombing 3371:. 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Index

Omagh Bombing
the Troubles

Vauxhall Cavalier
Omagh
County Tyrone
Coordinates
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BST
Courthouse
Car bomb
Real IRA
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Dissident Irish republican campaign
1998 Banbridge bombing
Omagh bombing
2000 MI6 attack
2001 BBC bombing
2001 Ealing bombing
2001 Birmingham bombing
2006 Dublin riots
Massereene Barracks shooting
Murder of Stephen Carroll
2010 Newry car bombing
Palace Barracks bombing
Murder of Ronan Kerr
Murder of David Black
Bishop Street Courthouse bombing

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