NO HIDING PLACE HERE SAYS DUNDALK
No hiding place here says Dundalk
By MARESE McDONAGH
A BURST of sustained applause shattered the prayerful atmosphere as thousands of Dundalk people sent a message to the world from their Omagh remembrance.
Old and young, they had gathered in the border town on Saturday to pray and to remember but to do much more than that.
As UDC chairman Seamus Byrne expressed its people's "clear and utter repudiation of those who had any involvement whatsoever in this terrible atrocity'' the crowd strained to express its approval. The choir clapped, so did the gardai dotted around the square and the civil defence. Twelve thousand people turned up. The objectives of the rally were printed on the back of the hymn sheet distributed to the crowd to express revulsion, sympathy, solidarity, and disgust "at those who without any mandate, are bringing disgrace to the town of Dundalk''.
Another objective was to say directly to the Real IRA "that there will be no hiding place in Dundalk or Co Louth for their activities''.
The Print Junction shop in the town's Longwalk shopping centre hasn't been open since Friday when the locks were changed and on Saturday media interest in the business run by Bernadette Sands McKevitt had all but evaporated. Bernadette Sands-McKevitt is vice-chairperson of the political group the 32 County Sovereignty Committee which denied it had any association with the Real IRA which has claimed responsibility for the Omagh bomb.
By MARESE McDONAGH
A BURST of sustained applause shattered the prayerful atmosphere as thousands of Dundalk people sent a message to the world from their Omagh remembrance.
Old and young, they had gathered in the border town on Saturday to pray and to remember but to do much more than that.
As UDC chairman Seamus Byrne expressed its people's "clear and utter repudiation of those who had any involvement whatsoever in this terrible atrocity'' the crowd strained to express its approval. The choir clapped, so did the gardai dotted around the square and the civil defence. Twelve thousand people turned up. The objectives of the rally were printed on the back of the hymn sheet distributed to the crowd to express revulsion, sympathy, solidarity, and disgust "at those who without any mandate, are bringing disgrace to the town of Dundalk''.
Another objective was to say directly to the Real IRA "that there will be no hiding place in Dundalk or Co Louth for their activities''.
The Print Junction shop in the town's Longwalk shopping centre hasn't been open since Friday when the locks were changed and on Saturday media interest in the business run by Bernadette Sands McKevitt had all but evaporated. Bernadette Sands-McKevitt is vice-chairperson of the political group the 32 County Sovereignty Committee which denied it had any association with the Real IRA which has claimed responsibility for the Omagh bomb.
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Publisher: IRISH INDEPENDENT
Ref: II/110
Published Date: 24-Aug-98
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