Geldof to join Omagh relatives’ London appeal

Bob Geldof will join a protest in London tomorrow to canvass for financial support for a legal challenge by the families of the…

Bob Geldof will join a protest in London tomorrow to canvass for financial support for a legal challenge by the families of the Omagh bomb victims.

The group have taken a civil action in the British courts against alleged members of the ‘Real IRA’.

A group of 11 representatives of the families will also be joined by the former Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr Peter Mandelson, at the event outside the Irish Club in Eaton Square.

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