WHAT THE PAPERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT SUNDAY'S CEREMONY
What the papers had to say about Sunday's ceremony
IRISH NEWS
"This was their day: a day to reclaim their town, to remember their day and to begin to rebuild their shattered life. One year to the day at exactly 3.10pm, the partial silence became complete."
THE IRISH TIMES
"The focal point of the 55-minute service was a short ceremony in which the symbolic tears from eight victims of the troubles was poured into a
a large green bowl by their relatives."
Irish Independent
"The stillness was eerie - thousands were crammed into a single street and yet you could hear your own heartbeat. The last time such a hush fell on Omagh was in the aftermath of the bomb."
THE IRISH STAR
"As the tears openly flowed there were two words on the lips of everyone present 'Never Again'."
News Letter
"The sun shone down on Omagh yesterday -illuminating the chill of loss, but much more, the warmth of love that couldn't be killed."
The Guardian
"In Omagh, the market town whose heart was struck by a car bomb a year ago, the streets were hushed with the quite of memory. People there stood to remember the blast which killed 29 people whose only crime was to be shopping, chatting or milling about on a Saturday afternoon."
THE EXPRESS
"As the sound of the Irish pipes broke the quite, the tears began to flow. Some sobbed on comforting shoulders."
IRISH NEWS
"This was their day: a day to reclaim their town, to remember their day and to begin to rebuild their shattered life. One year to the day at exactly 3.10pm, the partial silence became complete."
THE IRISH TIMES
"The focal point of the 55-minute service was a short ceremony in which the symbolic tears from eight victims of the troubles was poured into a
a large green bowl by their relatives."
Irish Independent
"The stillness was eerie - thousands were crammed into a single street and yet you could hear your own heartbeat. The last time such a hush fell on Omagh was in the aftermath of the bomb."
THE IRISH STAR
"As the tears openly flowed there were two words on the lips of everyone present 'Never Again'."
News Letter
"The sun shone down on Omagh yesterday -illuminating the chill of loss, but much more, the warmth of love that couldn't be killed."
The Guardian
"In Omagh, the market town whose heart was struck by a car bomb a year ago, the streets were hushed with the quite of memory. People there stood to remember the blast which killed 29 people whose only crime was to be shopping, chatting or milling about on a Saturday afternoon."
THE EXPRESS
"As the sound of the Irish pipes broke the quite, the tears began to flow. Some sobbed on comforting shoulders."
Further Information
Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/0570
Published Date: 19-Aug-99
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