WORDS AGREED FOR MEMORIAL
Words agreed for memorial
Omagh council has accepted the recommendations of the Independent Facilitation Team for the wording on a memorial to those murdered in the 1998 bombing, writes Dan Keenan. The group, led by former Presbyterian moderator the Rev Dr John Dunlop, had been appointed to consider the wording or narrative for the Omagh Bomb Memorial and "Garden of Light". Its proposals were unanimously accepted last night following controversy over the handling of the issue. Relatives had voiced concerns that an existing memorial had been removed and may not have been replaced. The council will now move to have a lengthy narrative incorporated into the memorial design.
Council chairman Bert Wilson conveyed the appreciation of the council to the independent facilitators who had presented a "sensitive, balanced and factual, yet inspirational, narrative".
They recognised "the immense trauma and suffering within communities and families in Omagh, Buncrana and Madrid as a result of the bomb, and the widespread views which exist on narrative"
Omagh council has accepted the recommendations of the Independent Facilitation Team for the wording on a memorial to those murdered in the 1998 bombing, writes Dan Keenan. The group, led by former Presbyterian moderator the Rev Dr John Dunlop, had been appointed to consider the wording or narrative for the Omagh Bomb Memorial and "Garden of Light". Its proposals were unanimously accepted last night following controversy over the handling of the issue. Relatives had voiced concerns that an existing memorial had been removed and may not have been replaced. The council will now move to have a lengthy narrative incorporated into the memorial design.
Council chairman Bert Wilson conveyed the appreciation of the council to the independent facilitators who had presented a "sensitive, balanced and factual, yet inspirational, narrative".
They recognised "the immense trauma and suffering within communities and families in Omagh, Buncrana and Madrid as a result of the bomb, and the widespread views which exist on narrative"
Further Information
Publisher: THE IRISH TIMES
Ref: IT/471
Published Date: 07-Mar-08
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