Of investigations. this includes the original inquest, investigations by the royal ulster constabulary, the police service of northern ireland and the office of the police ombudsman for northern ireland, as well as a review at the request of the then prime minister gordon brown by sir peter gibson, the intelligence services commissioner. in 2017, my right honourable friend decided to establish a public inquiry, decided not to establish a public inquiry into the 0magh bombing. the decision was made in light of the situation as it was at that time. michael gallagher, who lost his son aidan in the bombing, pursued a judicial review of the decision not to establish a public inquiry into whether there had been a failure to investigate whether the 0magh bomb could have been prevented. following a short summary judgment injuly 2021, the northern
Ireland. he recognised it was not in the power of the court to order a cross border investigation, nor is it in my power to do so. i remain in contact, in close contact with the irish government on this issue. madam deputy speaker, i wish to assure the has this decision has been taken following careful consideration of the facts and united kingdom s obligations under the european convention on human rights. i hope this gives some comfort to families who have long since campaigned for this outcome. i recognise that not all families affected by the bombing require such further investigation. some have worked hard to process their trauma and move on with their lives and do not wish to re examine the past. i hope the targeted nature of the inquiry, to allow it to answer the four points i mentioned earlier will
Centre of 0magh on a saturday afternoon in august 1998. in terms of lives lost, their worst atrocity in terms of the history of the conflict in northern ireland. 0ne conflict in northern ireland. one woman was pregnant with twins. police forces on both sides of the border had been involved in investigations over the years, then nobody has been successfully prosecuted. that has, the family said, added to their sense of grief over the years. they are keen the whole truth about 0magh comes out. the families who are campaigning are keen for this inquiry that this is not seen to shift the blame away from the bombers who planted the explosive device in the centre of 0magh in summer. they say it will always be those dissident republicans in the real ira who were to blame for the loss of life and
The devastating effect on so many other families the devastating effect on so many otherfamilies here, more than the devastating effect on so many other families here, more than 200 people were injured in the bombing. while they say it is not about apportioning blame to the security forces, it is about learning lessons. according to michael gallagher, the dad of aidan gallagher, the dad of aidan gallagher, who died in the blast, he has led this campaign. like mr gallagher has said, a full inquiry establishing the whole truth, establishing the whole truth, establishing lessons to be land for future generations is the least that can be done to honour the memory of the people who died in 0magh. 0k. thank ou the people who died in 0magh. 0k. thank you very much. that is our correspondent in 0magh, chris page. a growing number of anti iranians government protesters had been shot
Also an independent statutory inquiry is an appropriate forum for establishing the last volume of national security sensitive information, which the court has deemed to be at the core of the question as to whether the bomb could have been prevented. a disclosure protocol would have been agreed to take account of sensitive material involved in this case stop thirdly, the inquiry will involve the next of kin and will be open to public scrutiny where possible. this will of course be need to be balanced against national security considerations and it is important that some material will not able to be examined in public. a final report will be published responding to each issue identified by the high court. madam deputy speaker, you may be aware that in his judgment, justice horner expressed a desire that a simultaneous article to complain investigation occur in