SPANISH AND IRISH PRESIDENTS SEND MESSAGES OF SUPPORT
Spanish and Irish Presidents send messages of support
Many messages of support were received by Omagh District Council in advance of the 10th anniversary commemorative ceremony from heads of state.
Both the President of Ireland, Mrs Mary McAleese, and the President of the Spanish Government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, have communicated their thoughts and sentiments at this milestone anniversary.
President Zapatero said that, while the aim of the attack on Omagh was to prevent the peace process, the evidence of its failure to do so is the fact that historic steps have been taken which are having a positive impact on reconciliation and prosperity in Northern Ireland. These developments, he said, "will allow the region to look forward to the future with hope, and this is reflected in the monument which is being dedicated at the 10th anniversary commemorative ceremony".
In her message President McAleese said that far from fragmenting, the people of Omagh "embraced each other as family, as friends, as one suffering community", and added that a decade later "the people of Omagh can take rightful pride in the remarkable contribution they made to the consolidation of an historic peace that is surely growing and deepening by the day".
Other messages have been communicated to the council from individuals and other councils both in Northern Ireland and in the Republic.
Many messages of support were received by Omagh District Council in advance of the 10th anniversary commemorative ceremony from heads of state.
Both the President of Ireland, Mrs Mary McAleese, and the President of the Spanish Government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, have communicated their thoughts and sentiments at this milestone anniversary.
President Zapatero said that, while the aim of the attack on Omagh was to prevent the peace process, the evidence of its failure to do so is the fact that historic steps have been taken which are having a positive impact on reconciliation and prosperity in Northern Ireland. These developments, he said, "will allow the region to look forward to the future with hope, and this is reflected in the monument which is being dedicated at the 10th anniversary commemorative ceremony".
In her message President McAleese said that far from fragmenting, the people of Omagh "embraced each other as family, as friends, as one suffering community", and added that a decade later "the people of Omagh can take rightful pride in the remarkable contribution they made to the consolidation of an historic peace that is surely growing and deepening by the day".
Other messages have been communicated to the council from individuals and other councils both in Northern Ireland and in the Republic.
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC10An/56
Published Date: 21-Aug-08
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