LET THIS BE THE LAST TRAGEDY - AHERN
Let this be the last tragedy - Ahern
EIRE premier Bertie Ahern yesterday said the Omagh bombing must be the last tragedy in Northern Ireland's grim history, as he signed a book of condolence for the families of the victims.
Mr Ahern was speaking in Dublin after writing his sympathies in the book at the Mansion House, the official residence of the city's Lord Mayor. He was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister David Andrews.
Mr Ahern said a meeting between security chiefs, the Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam and Irish Justice Minister John O'Donoghue was being held to assess what new measures might be taken.
He dubbed those responsible for the Omagh bombing "a small number of ruthless people", and called on all those groups who have not yet declared a ceasefire, and who are still engaged in violence, to declare their position and to do so quickly.
The premier said it was "our obligation" to the people who died and to their relatives to pursue the peace process and to make sure that the group responsible for the bombing was crushed effectively.
Saturday's bombing showed the best intelligence and the best surveillance was not always effective, he said. But every single measure that the Garda and the RUC could think of would be used to combat those involved in the latest bombing, he promised.
EIRE premier Bertie Ahern yesterday said the Omagh bombing must be the last tragedy in Northern Ireland's grim history, as he signed a book of condolence for the families of the victims.
Mr Ahern was speaking in Dublin after writing his sympathies in the book at the Mansion House, the official residence of the city's Lord Mayor. He was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister David Andrews.
Mr Ahern said a meeting between security chiefs, the Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam and Irish Justice Minister John O'Donoghue was being held to assess what new measures might be taken.
He dubbed those responsible for the Omagh bombing "a small number of ruthless people", and called on all those groups who have not yet declared a ceasefire, and who are still engaged in violence, to declare their position and to do so quickly.
The premier said it was "our obligation" to the people who died and to their relatives to pursue the peace process and to make sure that the group responsible for the bombing was crushed effectively.
Saturday's bombing showed the best intelligence and the best surveillance was not always effective, he said. But every single measure that the Garda and the RUC could think of would be used to combat those involved in the latest bombing, he promised.
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
Ref: NL/074
Published Date: 18-Aug-98
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