GRIEVING OMAGH RECALLS ATROCITY
Grieving Omagh recalls atrocity
BY PAULINE REYNOLDS
ANOTHER milestone in the long, tortuous road for the families of the Omagh bomb victims is reached this week.
The fourth anniversary of Ulster's bloodiest atrocity takes place on Thursday, and the outrage is still remembered far beyond the Co Tyrone town. A BBC documentary, cataloguing the world's worst terrorist attacks, will include Omagh in its programme.
Filming is due to start next week and the hour long special will be television on September 11, to mark the New York Twin Towers horror attack.
And an ITV crew has just returned to London, after filming a documentary for the Tonight programme, anchored by Sir Trevor McDonald.
It is expected to be the curtain-raiser for a new series, scheduled for the autumn.
It goes without saying that the final chapter of the Omagh bomb - which killed 29 innocent men, women and children and unborn twin babies - has yet to be written. The civil court trial-in-waiting of five men, accused by the bereaved of perpetrating the Real IRA bomb attack, has dominated the headlines in recent times. But for the next few days, the thoughts of the Omagh people will be firmly focused on the horrendous loss of life, which tore the heart out of the town four years ago. At lpm on Thursday, friends and relatives will gather in reflective prayer at the Memorial Garden for an interdenominational service, organised by the Churches Forum.
It will remember those from Omagh, Spain and Buncrana who died in the 500lb blast.
Representatives from the Catholic, Methodist, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Community Church are expected to attend.
Omagh priest, Fr Kevin McMullan, explained what he hopes will be achieved by the service.
"It should be a short reflection, with music and scripture readings, just to acknowledge the loss and suffering as a result of the terrible bomb," he said. "I hope it will show the families that the community still remember them, although life may still go on in its busy way
"It may encourage one another to keep taking those important steps forward." The remembrance ceremony will include a Spanish poem and an Irish song , and one of the singers is expected to travel from Buncrana.
A wreath, in memory of all whose who died, will be laid by Danny McSorley, chief executive of Omagh District Council.
BY PAULINE REYNOLDS
ANOTHER milestone in the long, tortuous road for the families of the Omagh bomb victims is reached this week.
The fourth anniversary of Ulster's bloodiest atrocity takes place on Thursday, and the outrage is still remembered far beyond the Co Tyrone town. A BBC documentary, cataloguing the world's worst terrorist attacks, will include Omagh in its programme.
Filming is due to start next week and the hour long special will be television on September 11, to mark the New York Twin Towers horror attack.
And an ITV crew has just returned to London, after filming a documentary for the Tonight programme, anchored by Sir Trevor McDonald.
It is expected to be the curtain-raiser for a new series, scheduled for the autumn.
It goes without saying that the final chapter of the Omagh bomb - which killed 29 innocent men, women and children and unborn twin babies - has yet to be written. The civil court trial-in-waiting of five men, accused by the bereaved of perpetrating the Real IRA bomb attack, has dominated the headlines in recent times. But for the next few days, the thoughts of the Omagh people will be firmly focused on the horrendous loss of life, which tore the heart out of the town four years ago. At lpm on Thursday, friends and relatives will gather in reflective prayer at the Memorial Garden for an interdenominational service, organised by the Churches Forum.
It will remember those from Omagh, Spain and Buncrana who died in the 500lb blast.
Representatives from the Catholic, Methodist, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Community Church are expected to attend.
Omagh priest, Fr Kevin McMullan, explained what he hopes will be achieved by the service.
"It should be a short reflection, with music and scripture readings, just to acknowledge the loss and suffering as a result of the terrible bomb," he said. "I hope it will show the families that the community still remember them, although life may still go on in its busy way
"It may encourage one another to keep taking those important steps forward." The remembrance ceremony will include a Spanish poem and an Irish song , and one of the singers is expected to travel from Buncrana.
A wreath, in memory of all whose who died, will be laid by Danny McSorley, chief executive of Omagh District Council.
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Publisher: SUNDAY LIFE
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Published Date: 11-Aug-02
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