HOUSE OF LORDS MEMBERS VISIT OMAGH
House of Lords members visit Omagh
THREE members of the House of Lords visited Omagh on Tuesday to meet members of the town's Regeneration and Beyond committee.
Lord Cranbourne, Lord Cope and Earl Attlee were fulfiling an invitation by the Duke of Abercorn to visit Northern Ireland to see developments in the peace process. Lord Cranbourne explained that he had had a long interest in Northern Ireland since he was an MP in the late 1970s and 1980s. Lord Cope, meanwhile, is a former Northern Ireland Minister.
"The Duke of Abercorn asked if we could come to keep ourselves current on what has happened in the peace process, and the reaction in Omagh after the bomb," Lord Cranbourne told the Tyrone Constitution.
"Omagh was, in many ways symbolic, and it was only natural we should visit here to seek the views of local people," he added.
The visitors were welcomed by Omagh District Council vice-chairman, Mr. Allan Rainey, and met members of the committee.
They heard how Omagh people had coped in the aftermath of the bomb, and were shown the outline proposals for rebuilding the Market Street/Drumragh Avenue junction.
THREE members of the House of Lords visited Omagh on Tuesday to meet members of the town's Regeneration and Beyond committee.
Lord Cranbourne, Lord Cope and Earl Attlee were fulfiling an invitation by the Duke of Abercorn to visit Northern Ireland to see developments in the peace process. Lord Cranbourne explained that he had had a long interest in Northern Ireland since he was an MP in the late 1970s and 1980s. Lord Cope, meanwhile, is a former Northern Ireland Minister.
"The Duke of Abercorn asked if we could come to keep ourselves current on what has happened in the peace process, and the reaction in Omagh after the bomb," Lord Cranbourne told the Tyrone Constitution.
"Omagh was, in many ways symbolic, and it was only natural we should visit here to seek the views of local people," he added.
The visitors were welcomed by Omagh District Council vice-chairman, Mr. Allan Rainey, and met members of the committee.
They heard how Omagh people had coped in the aftermath of the bomb, and were shown the outline proposals for rebuilding the Market Street/Drumragh Avenue junction.
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/0594
Published Date: 14-Jan-99
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