PEACE WEEK TO START IN DUNDALK
Peace week to start in Dundalk
By Micheal O'Toole
Dublin Correspondent
DUNDALK today begins a peace week prompted by the Omagh atrocity.
The Co Louth town's institute of technology has organised a series of events in a bid to shore up support for the peace process.
Immediately after the Omagh atrocity on August 15 in which 29 people died, Dundalk became the centre of huge media attention - all of it negative.
But the Saturday after the bomb, an estimated 30,000 people attended a special remembrance service in the town to memory of the dead and injured, but also to show their opposition to the Real IRA members who were reported to be living in the area.
Students and staff at the institute decided to organise a peace week in a bid to recapture the spirit of reconciliation that existed after the attack, its chaplain. Fr Malachy Conlon said yesterday.
The week begins tonight with a ritual of remembrance of the dead and injured, attended by the four main Church leaders and which will included performances by choirs from Omagh and Dundalk as well as the Setanta cross community choir from Newry, Banbridge and Dundalk.
On Thursday there will be a keynote political forum, attended by politicians from north and south of the border.
By Micheal O'Toole
Dublin Correspondent
DUNDALK today begins a peace week prompted by the Omagh atrocity.
The Co Louth town's institute of technology has organised a series of events in a bid to shore up support for the peace process.
Immediately after the Omagh atrocity on August 15 in which 29 people died, Dundalk became the centre of huge media attention - all of it negative.
But the Saturday after the bomb, an estimated 30,000 people attended a special remembrance service in the town to memory of the dead and injured, but also to show their opposition to the Real IRA members who were reported to be living in the area.
Students and staff at the institute decided to organise a peace week in a bid to recapture the spirit of reconciliation that existed after the attack, its chaplain. Fr Malachy Conlon said yesterday.
The week begins tonight with a ritual of remembrance of the dead and injured, attended by the four main Church leaders and which will included performances by choirs from Omagh and Dundalk as well as the Setanta cross community choir from Newry, Banbridge and Dundalk.
On Thursday there will be a keynote political forum, attended by politicians from north and south of the border.
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Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/0481
Published Date: 22-Mar-99
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