Human Rights Commissioners call for Omagh review

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and its Irish counterpart today called for the appointment of a top judge to examine the need for a cross-border public inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

Professor Monica McWilliams, chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and Dr Maurice Manning, president of the Irish Human Rights Commission, urged British and Irish governments to review circumstances and events surrounding the atrocity to see if a public inquiry was needed.