SILENT REMINDER OF SUFFERING
Silent reminder of suffering
AT 10 MINUTES past three, on Tuesday afternoon, a silence will fall over Omagh.
The community will gather in reverent calm, to remember friends and loved ones killed and maimed in the 1998 bombing atrocity.
From 3pm, church bells will ring out and call townsfolk to an emotive, yet simple, religious service and wreath laying ceremony.
It's a fitting tribute to the memory of the 29 men, women, children and the unborn twins, who were brutally slaughtered in the 3501b Real IRA bomb explosion. For the second year in a row, this long suffering community will bravely gather together on the anniversary of the Omagh bomb, to share their pain and suffering. Their tremendous solidarity has helped the town to piece together the shattered pieces of its broken spirit.
Tuesday's poignant memorial service, will take place at the new Garden of Remembrance at Drumragh Avenue.
It's been moved from its original position at Market Street to allow for rebuilding work to continue in the town centre.
This morning the dead, injured and bereaved will also be remembered in church services throughout the town and adjoining villages.
Meanwhile, anger still rages that the faceless killers have not yet been brought to justice.
Relatives feel their frustrations are further fuelled by lack of police and government action, to contain the activities of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
It has long been associated with the Real IRA and is involved in a fund-raising event next Friday.
Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aidan in the blast, said no one could have any idea of the pain felt by many families on hearing of the event.
"There were tears in my household when we heard about it," he said.
"It has added to our belief that the British and Irish governments are not doing enough to disrupt and make life difficult for these people."
Relatives are planning to organise a protest at the event.'
AT 10 MINUTES past three, on Tuesday afternoon, a silence will fall over Omagh.
The community will gather in reverent calm, to remember friends and loved ones killed and maimed in the 1998 bombing atrocity.
From 3pm, church bells will ring out and call townsfolk to an emotive, yet simple, religious service and wreath laying ceremony.
It's a fitting tribute to the memory of the 29 men, women, children and the unborn twins, who were brutally slaughtered in the 3501b Real IRA bomb explosion. For the second year in a row, this long suffering community will bravely gather together on the anniversary of the Omagh bomb, to share their pain and suffering. Their tremendous solidarity has helped the town to piece together the shattered pieces of its broken spirit.
Tuesday's poignant memorial service, will take place at the new Garden of Remembrance at Drumragh Avenue.
It's been moved from its original position at Market Street to allow for rebuilding work to continue in the town centre.
This morning the dead, injured and bereaved will also be remembered in church services throughout the town and adjoining villages.
Meanwhile, anger still rages that the faceless killers have not yet been brought to justice.
Relatives feel their frustrations are further fuelled by lack of police and government action, to contain the activities of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
It has long been associated with the Real IRA and is involved in a fund-raising event next Friday.
Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aidan in the blast, said no one could have any idea of the pain felt by many families on hearing of the event.
"There were tears in my household when we heard about it," he said.
"It has added to our belief that the British and Irish governments are not doing enough to disrupt and make life difficult for these people."
Relatives are planning to organise a protest at the event.'
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Publisher: SUNDAY LIFE
Ref: SL/103
Published Date: 13-Aug-00
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