OMAGH FAMILIES WANT TO MEET BLAIR
Omagh families want to meet Blair
OMAGH bomb relatives last night told the Government they want face-to-face talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair.
With families of some of the 29 people killed pressing for a cross-border inquiry into the worst single atrocity in Northern Ireland's conflict, they held talks with Secretary of State Paul Murphy in Belfast.
The Omagh Group urged Mr Murphy to do more to get co-operation from the authorities in the Republic.
Relatives claim the Dublin government could do more to aid their cause.
They are also demanding information about how heavily the security services had infiltrated the Real IRA before the dissident republican group carried out the August 1998 attack.
Advance warnings given to police about imminent terror strikes before the Omagh bomb have fuelled their anger.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was among those killed, said it was time to go to Downing Street.
He said: "We have met everybody else and now it's time to meet Tony Blair."
OMAGH bomb relatives last night told the Government they want face-to-face talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair.
With families of some of the 29 people killed pressing for a cross-border inquiry into the worst single atrocity in Northern Ireland's conflict, they held talks with Secretary of State Paul Murphy in Belfast.
The Omagh Group urged Mr Murphy to do more to get co-operation from the authorities in the Republic.
Relatives claim the Dublin government could do more to aid their cause.
They are also demanding information about how heavily the security services had infiltrated the Real IRA before the dissident republican group carried out the August 1998 attack.
Advance warnings given to police about imminent terror strikes before the Omagh bomb have fuelled their anger.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was among those killed, said it was time to go to Downing Street.
He said: "We have met everybody else and now it's time to meet Tony Blair."
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
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Published Date: 15-Jun-04
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