so this has been a long running story now, nearly a quarter of a century since the bomb exploded just yards from where i am standing now in the town centre of 0magh on a saturday afternoon in august 1998, in terms of lives lost, the worst atrocity in the history of the conflict in northern ireland. 29 people murdered including a woman who was pregnant with twins. police forces on both sides of the 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
irish government as well, although it was not in his power to roll that the irish government should dojust that. rule. 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, and 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. so this has been a long running story now, nearly a quarter of a century since the bomb exploded just yards from where i am standing now in the town centre of 0magh on a saturday afternoon in august 1998, 0magh on a saturday afternoon in august1998, in 0magh on a saturday afternoon in august 1998, in terms of lives lost, the worst atrocity in the history of the worst atrocity in the history of the conflict in northern ireland. 29 people murdered including a woman who was pregnant with twins. police forces on both sides of the border