FORUM CALLS FOR RELEASE OF RIRA FILES
Forum calls for release of RIRA files
BY SENAN HOGAN
newsdesk@newsletter.co.uk
A FORUM of politicians is to call on the Government to release secret files on the Real IRA suspects behind the Omagh bombing.
Nobody has been convicted for the 1998 attack, the biggest atrocity of the Northern Ireland's Troubles.
The issue will be raised by more than a dozen cross-party members of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body (BIIPB) including Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay and Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes.
Mr Mackinlay will table a motion at the meeting calling on the Government "to disclose immediately to the legal counsel of the families of the victims of the Omagh bombing, details of and all information relating to and arising from, the request made by the RUC to Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), for surveillance of those subsequently suspected of preparing and carrying out the atrocity in Omagh a decade ago, including transcripts and timelines".
In August memorial events were held in Omagh to mark the 10th anniversary of the attack.
The BIIPB is convening for its two-day meeting in Newcastle on Monday.
British and Irish parliamentarians will also examine proposals to remember the past with an address from Lord Eames and Denis Bradley, co-chairs of the Consultative Group on the Past.
The agenda also includes a briefing by Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward on recent political developments and his assessment of the future.
The body will be attended for the first time by an official Ulster Unionist delegation led by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass and Stormont MLA David McClarty.
BY SENAN HOGAN
newsdesk@newsletter.co.uk
A FORUM of politicians is to call on the Government to release secret files on the Real IRA suspects behind the Omagh bombing.
Nobody has been convicted for the 1998 attack, the biggest atrocity of the Northern Ireland's Troubles.
The issue will be raised by more than a dozen cross-party members of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body (BIIPB) including Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay and Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes.
Mr Mackinlay will table a motion at the meeting calling on the Government "to disclose immediately to the legal counsel of the families of the victims of the Omagh bombing, details of and all information relating to and arising from, the request made by the RUC to Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), for surveillance of those subsequently suspected of preparing and carrying out the atrocity in Omagh a decade ago, including transcripts and timelines".
In August memorial events were held in Omagh to mark the 10th anniversary of the attack.
The BIIPB is convening for its two-day meeting in Newcastle on Monday.
British and Irish parliamentarians will also examine proposals to remember the past with an address from Lord Eames and Denis Bradley, co-chairs of the Consultative Group on the Past.
The agenda also includes a briefing by Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward on recent political developments and his assessment of the future.
The body will be attended for the first time by an official Ulster Unionist delegation led by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass and Stormont MLA David McClarty.
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Published Date: 18-Oct-08
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