decision and i am keen to explain now to the house why i believe it is also the most appropriate course of action. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in 0magh. we are expecting to hear from the families who have been campaigning for a new inquiry a little bit later this afternoon but i would imagine based on what they have been calling for over a number of years now, they may well be pretty satisfied with what they have just heard from chris heaton harris, that there is going to be an independent statutory inquiry and at least elements of it will be public. chris heaton harris said that and also made the point that not all the evidence he said could be heard in public because of national security considerations. remember, the focus of the investigation will be on
in the run up to the 0magh bombing, then maybe the attack could have been prevented. as far as political reaction goes, we have heard from the democratic unionist party, and the sdlp, both of them welcoming the announcement by the government in london. we have had a statement from the irish foreign minister as well, micheal martin, and the judge who made the ruling 18 months ago which has now led to this british government moved to establish an inquiry, said that there should be an investigation carried out by the irish government as well, although it was not in his power to rule that the irish government should do just that. but micheal martin the irish foreign minister said he will be consulting with his ministerial colleagues in dublin, including the minister forjustice, to decide on their next steps. the cross border element to all of this may well be important in that the bomb was transported into 0magh from the other side of the irish border.
have been involved in investigations over the years although nobody has been successfully prosecuted. so that has added to the sense of grief of the families over the years, and they are keen that the whole truth about 0magh comes out and they are keen, the families campaigning for the inquiry, that this is not seen to shift the blame away from the bombers who planted the explosive device in the centre of 0magh, and they say that 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 here, more than 200 people were injured in the bombing. they say it is not about apportioning blame to the security forces but it is about learning lessons and according to michael gallagher, the dad of a man
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