Government outlines terms of reference for independent probe into Omagh bombing
An independent inquiry into the Omagh bombing will examine alleged security failings that led a High Court judge to conclude the outrage could plausibly have been prevented.
The UK Government has outlined its terms of reference for the independent probe, which will be chaired by Lord Turnbull.
The dissident republican bomb exploded in the Co Tyrone town on August 15 1998, killing 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris ordered the statutory inquiry into the attack last year in response to a court judgment that directed the Government to establish some form of investigation.
It was a cruel atrocity carried out, not just on the people of Omagh, but on all those in Northern Ireland who supported the peace process
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden died in the Real IRA bombing, took the legal challenge that resulted in the Belfast High Court judge directing the state to act.
