Irish Examiner view: Shameful episodes from Ireland’s past 

Though news of an inquiry into the Omagh bombing is welcome, some bereaved families are believed to feel its focus might be better directed at those who planted the bomb

The British government has announced its intention to hold an independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing of 1998. Picture: PA

The redress scheme was not the only shameful episode from the past to be remembered yesterday.

The British government announced its intention to hold an independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing, the single-deadliest atrocity of the Troubles, in which 29 people were killed and hundreds more injured on August 15, 1998.