Omagh analysis: Stalled case suggests end of the line
Setback drains energy and commitment from families in long campaign for justice
The August 15th, 1998, Omagh bombing took the lives of 29 people and a woman heavily pregnant with unborn twin girls. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
In terms of achieving justice the Omagh families have reached “the end of the line”, conceded Michael Gallagher. It is not going to happen.
Mr Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the Real IRA attack close to 18 years ago, knew that the prosecution of 45-year-old Seamus Daly was the “last chance” of a criminal conviction.