PUPILS WANT OMAGH TO SPELL OMEGA
Pupils want Omagh to spell omega
By SUZANNE MacMANUS and STEPHEN MAGUIRE
THE principal of Omagh High School spoke yesterday of the pain suffered by the school as it re-opened without two of its pupils who died in the Omagh bombing.
Bill Harper said his students wanted Omagh to be the "last terrorist atrocity" in Northern Ireland as a tribute to their dead friends.
Two of the school's pupils were killed and others were injured in the August 15 bombing which killed 28 people.
Three of the school's past pupils were among the dead, as well as parents of students.
In Buncrana too children returned to school for the first time since the bombing.
Pupils filed quietly into Scoil losagain where friends Shaun McLaughlin and Oran Doherty had attended classes.
Prayers were said during the morning remembering Shaun, Oran, and another local boy James Barker as well as their two Spanish friends who were all killed in the blast.
THE Republic of Ireland soccer team will take on Northern Ireland in two football matches to raise funds for the Omagh Tragedy Bombing Fund, the FAI announced. The games will probably be held in Dublin and Belfast in November and February.
By SUZANNE MacMANUS and STEPHEN MAGUIRE
THE principal of Omagh High School spoke yesterday of the pain suffered by the school as it re-opened without two of its pupils who died in the Omagh bombing.
Bill Harper said his students wanted Omagh to be the "last terrorist atrocity" in Northern Ireland as a tribute to their dead friends.
Two of the school's pupils were killed and others were injured in the August 15 bombing which killed 28 people.
Three of the school's past pupils were among the dead, as well as parents of students.
In Buncrana too children returned to school for the first time since the bombing.
Pupils filed quietly into Scoil losagain where friends Shaun McLaughlin and Oran Doherty had attended classes.
Prayers were said during the morning remembering Shaun, Oran, and another local boy James Barker as well as their two Spanish friends who were all killed in the blast.
THE Republic of Ireland soccer team will take on Northern Ireland in two football matches to raise funds for the Omagh Tragedy Bombing Fund, the FAI announced. The games will probably be held in Dublin and Belfast in November and February.
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Publisher: IRISH INDEPENDENT
Ref: II/207
Published Date: 02-Sep-98
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