Omagh relatives may demand inquiry

Relatives of those killed in the Omagh bombing say they will demand a public inquiry if the Police Board doesn’t address their complaints.

A group of relatives met the Police Board in Omagh today.

Michael Gallagher, whose son died in the bombing, said they have left the Police Board in no doubt about their anger and concern that three years after the atrocity, only one person has been charged and convicted in connection with the bombing.

He said all the reassurance they had got from the Chief Constable last week was "four pages of statistics".

"The Ombudsman’s report at least produced some practical recommendations which made sense," he said, "This is a test of the Police Board’s powers and authority."

He said the political members of the Board had promised not to turn the Omagh bombing into a political football.

Mr Gallagher travels to England tomorrow to raise funds for the relatives’ civil action against the men they believe were behind the bombing.