TEN YEARS ON AND YET STILL NO CONVICTIONS
Ten years on and yet still no convictions
AS I watched the 10th anniversary service in Omagh and as we remembered the tragic events when Irish republican terrorists murdered 29 civilians and two unborn children, yet again as a society we have failed the victims. Ten years on and no convictions, and in all probability, like countless other murders, no one will ever be brought to justice. At the time empty words were used by prime ministers and chief constables. We were told that no stone would be left unturned until the perpetrators would be brought to justice. Those who seek justice should be thankful that over the weekend Jim Allister, QC, MEP on the Inside Politics show rightly said that at the time of the Omagh bomb Sinn Fein/IRA did not call on their community to come forward with any evidence or information to assist the police or the Garda with their inquiries, and such assistance at an early stage may well have made all the difference in securing convictions.
To see Martin McGuinness lay a wreath alongside Jeffrey Donaldson, on behalf of the Office of First and Deputy First Minister, surely must be gross hypocrisy, when Sinn Fein/IRA didn't assist the police with their inquiries.
When we consider that the bomb came from south Armagh, it surely is reasonable to suspect that leading republicans in the IRA would know the "dissidents" involved, as after all they were all members of the IRA at one time.
Walter Millar,
Cookstown
AS I watched the 10th anniversary service in Omagh and as we remembered the tragic events when Irish republican terrorists murdered 29 civilians and two unborn children, yet again as a society we have failed the victims. Ten years on and no convictions, and in all probability, like countless other murders, no one will ever be brought to justice. At the time empty words were used by prime ministers and chief constables. We were told that no stone would be left unturned until the perpetrators would be brought to justice. Those who seek justice should be thankful that over the weekend Jim Allister, QC, MEP on the Inside Politics show rightly said that at the time of the Omagh bomb Sinn Fein/IRA did not call on their community to come forward with any evidence or information to assist the police or the Garda with their inquiries, and such assistance at an early stage may well have made all the difference in securing convictions.
To see Martin McGuinness lay a wreath alongside Jeffrey Donaldson, on behalf of the Office of First and Deputy First Minister, surely must be gross hypocrisy, when Sinn Fein/IRA didn't assist the police with their inquiries.
When we consider that the bomb came from south Armagh, it surely is reasonable to suspect that leading republicans in the IRA would know the "dissidents" involved, as after all they were all members of the IRA at one time.
Walter Millar,
Cookstown
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
Ref: NL10An/20
Published Date: 20-Aug-08
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