ONE day in May 1974. Over the years the horror of that day — the 33 lives it claimed, how it blighted the lives of the survivors and bereaved — receded from public consciousness.

OMAGH bomb victim Michael Gallagher, following the recent meeting with Justice Minister Michael McDowell, said the minister “would not be drawn on the subject of the McNally Report”. This should send a chill down the spine of every advocate of free speech.