OMAGH RELATIVES CHALLENGE SINN FEIN TO BACK THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
Omagh relatives challenge Sinn Fein to back their fight for justice
OMAGH bomb victims last night challenged Gerry Adams to back their quest for justice as he has for murder victim Robert McCartney's
family.
The Sinn Fein President's support for Mr McCartney's sisters, who claim the pub brawl stabbing has been covered-up, provoked a new call over the Omagh massacre.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was among 29 people killed in the August 1998 Real IRA explosion, accused Sinn Fein of refusing to encourage those who knew about the attack to help the investigation.
"Gerry Adams seems to have had a change of heart over the Robert McCartney murder," he said.
"Is he willing to treat the Omagh families on an equal basis?"
Dissident republicans carried out the worst single atrocity during 30 years of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, for which no one has ever
been convicted.
Yet Mr Gallagher insisted the Sinn Fein leadership's involvement would be crucial.
"The perpetrators came from within the wider republican family.
"Adams and Sinn Fein are the only people with a strong influence in this area either to give any assistance or any knowledge to the Police Service of Northern Ireland or Garda," he said.
OMAGH bomb victims last night challenged Gerry Adams to back their quest for justice as he has for murder victim Robert McCartney's
family.
The Sinn Fein President's support for Mr McCartney's sisters, who claim the pub brawl stabbing has been covered-up, provoked a new call over the Omagh massacre.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was among 29 people killed in the August 1998 Real IRA explosion, accused Sinn Fein of refusing to encourage those who knew about the attack to help the investigation.
"Gerry Adams seems to have had a change of heart over the Robert McCartney murder," he said.
"Is he willing to treat the Omagh families on an equal basis?"
Dissident republicans carried out the worst single atrocity during 30 years of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, for which no one has ever
been convicted.
Yet Mr Gallagher insisted the Sinn Fein leadership's involvement would be crucial.
"The perpetrators came from within the wider republican family.
"Adams and Sinn Fein are the only people with a strong influence in this area either to give any assistance or any knowledge to the Police Service of Northern Ireland or Garda," he said.
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Published Date: 07-Mar-05
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