Relatives of those killed in the Omagh bomb are today intensifying their appeal for funds to help them mount a civil action against those responsible for the attack.
Live Aid founder and pop singer Bob Geldof, Nobel Peace Prize laureate David Trimble and former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson are among those who will today back the families' drive to meet the £1.5 million sterling shortfall to fund their civil case.
They and other celebrities will be throwing their weight behind the Omagh Victims and Legal Action Group's latest bid in London to urge members of the business and entertainment communities to back the court action.
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Twenty-nine people died and two unborn children were killed in the Real IRA car bomb which devastated Omagh on August 15th, 1998.
Only one person has been brought to justice successfully for charges relating to the bomb.
Colm Murphy was sentenced in January to 14 years in jail at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for conspiracy to cause an explosion.
Last month, Victor Barker, whose 12-year-old son James was killed, said there were concerns among the relatives that people did not want to donate money to their campaign because it was a "Northern Ireland issue".
The group has until August, exactly a year after the civil writ was served, to reach its £2 million target to fund the civil action but since the appeal was launched 18 months ago it has raised just £500,000.
PA