Nothing much. Took it easy.
Bit of telly.
It's a beautiful morning,
isn't it?
Hi.
Hi. How are you?
How's it going?
You want to bring up those buns?
They look really nice.
Morning.
Morning.
Marie, you've played concerts
all over Europe this year
as well as Belfast
and here in Omagh, too.
But what would you say has been
the highlight of the summer?
Without a doubt, Val,
it's been a wonderful year
for me musically,
but the highlight has to be
the signing of
the Good Friday Agreement.
That has to be the highlight
for all of us.
Come on, you lot,
it's gone 9:00.
I got it.
Ah, Aiden, hang on.
I have to get into town.
Pack it in, you two.
He's always at it, Da.
Aiden, come on.
I said we'd take Darra
this afternoon.
Give Sharon a wee break.
It'll be lovely to see
wee Darra. What time?
She'll drop him up
around 3:00 or 4:00.
- Dad, are you all set?
- Aye.
I'll get it.
- See you later, love.
- Okay.
- Bye.
- Talk to you later, Mum.
Aye, okay.
Salad Bowl at 1:00.
Oh, no, she's busy
with the wean.
Think we could look
at your sister's car today?
Think we're better things
to be at.
- Bye, everybody.
- See you later.
- Such a bleedin' carry on.
- Yeah.
So, where are youse going later?
Head down to Sally's maybe.
Go to the front bar.
Good fun?
Or what?
Place is pumpin', like.
Where do I start on this thing?
She said she was having trouble
with it overheating.
She needs to get a new one.
Aye. She doesn't listen
to a word you say, though.
Right.
I'm away, Mummy.
Okay, love.
- Yeah, see you later.
- See you later, love.
- No, it's not moving, Da.
- What?
It's not moving.
Here, try this one, son.
Aye, that'll do there.
It's a bit bigger than mine.
No.
No better, so it's not.
- There you go.
- Aye, give us that one there.
Where did you get that, Da?
In the old toolbox.
- Give us another one.
- That'll work.
I got it, Da.
There's a wee hole
in the pipe here. Look.
- See it there?
- Oh, I see it, aye.
A wee bit of welding will sort
that out, sure.
Is that Mike?
Oh, no, we were to head
into town.
No, it's grand.
I'll tell him to wait.
No, you go on ahead.
I can do this.
- Are you sure, Dad?
- Aye, aye, absolutely.
Thanks.
Will you bring up
the welding equipment?
- Yeah.
- Good lad.
- I'll see you later, Da.
- See you later, son.
- See you, Michael.
- See you, Mike.
Oh, if you're going up to the
house, will you bring some milk?
Aye, no bother.
There's also gonna be a parade
going down
through the main town center
past Market Street
and Sudan Avenue,
and the weather forecasts
are looking great.
All across the Province
the weather is looking good.
- All right, Mummy?
- Ach, Aiden.
I'm just heading up the town
to buy some jeans.
Okay, love, see you later.
Oh, Aiden?
Cathy's meeting Donna
in the Salad Bowl.
Can you tell her not to forget
about the vegetables?
That's grand. I've put
some milk in the fridge.
Good lad.
Good on you.
- See you later.
- See you later.
Oh, Mummy, what size am I?
Now, check the label.
Don't be getting the wrong ones.
And, Aiden, try them on.
Any word from John, hey?
No, haven't heard from him.
Aye, we should call round now.
That's what I was planning to.
Sure, he was steaming
last night, so he was.
Jesus.
He was falling all over
the place. It was well funny.
Doing the Pogo.
Can you believe that?
It's no wonder
he was kicked out.
He's been barred from there
before, hasn't he?
He'll not get back in there
in a hurry.
Okay, okay.
Children.
Stay together in your groups,
all right?
Oran, James, Sean, go together.
Look after Fernando.
Okay, keep together.
Car's in place.
Keep up, everyone.
Come on.
Hello, Ulster Television
newsroom.
Bomb, courthouse.
Omagh, main street.
Can you speak more slowly?
Which main street?
Courthouse.
Omagh, main street.
Explosion in 30 minutes.
Do you have a code word?
Martha Pope.
Malta?
Martha.
M-A-R-T-H-A P-O-P-E.
IRA.
Oglaigh na hEireann.
We don't have a Main Street.
Presumably they mean
High Street,
but that's down from
the courthouse, not up.
Is she sure she took down
the warning right?
He said Omagh Main Street.
Yes, absolutely.
I don't know what's wrong
with it.
The brake pads maybe?
Yeah, could be one of the pins.
In your dreams, hey.
What exactly are you saying?
Danielle O'Connor?
Out of your league.
Yeah, right.
Put it here.
How long is this gonna be?
Don't know, ma'am.
We've just had the call.
But I have to get
a school uniform today.
I'd try it another day
if I was you.
No, you can't get through.
Thank you.
Just move on.
Thanks.
Sorry.
There's a bomb warning.
Go up the hill?
There's a bomb warning
up at the courthouse,
but you can still shop
on Market Street.
I'm just stopping the cars
from going up here.
Ladies and gentlemen, please,
there's an evacuation here.
The warning said 200 yards up
from the courthouse.
If it says
up from the courthouse,
why are you sending us down?
We're clearing up from
the courthouse, as well.
Just not prepared to take
any risks.
Clear everybody down to
the bottom of Market Street.
Anyone up at the top
of the hill,
make sure that they're led down
to the bottom of the street.
That's down to the bottom
of the street.
Gentlemen?
Thank you very much.
Bottom of the hill there,
please. Thank you.
And you, sir, madam.
Thank you very much.
Everyone move down to the bottom
of the hill.
Sorry, lads,
you can't go up there.
We just want to pop around
the corner.
No, we need to clear you down
to the bottom of the hill.
There's a security alert
at the courthouse,
so we need to get you to
the bottom of Market Street.
Cathy's in the Salad Bowl.
I'm supposed to tell her
to get stuff for Mummy.
We'll head that way now.
I'm back!
You can stop that, Mummy.
I'll make some tea.
Did you see Aiden?
He was looking for you.
No, I must've missed him.
Could've lifted me home.
Can I just ask you to move down
to the bottom of the street?
Gentlemen, this way.
Thank you.
Bottom of the street here.
Thank you.
This is gonna keep us back now.
We should be all right, like.
Keep moving there. Walking
to the bottom of the hill.
I'd buy you a cup of tea,
anyway.
You can get it around downtown?
No need for alarm, sir.
Thank you very much.
She's looking for you.
This is really exciting.
- We have time for a sticky bun.
- And a cup of coffee.
Okay.
Thanks.
Ice cream?
For God's sake,
someone get an ambulance!
Come on, girls.
Help!
Be careful.
Keep plenty of pressure on it.
She won't get up!
We need an ambulance!
Could someone call an ambulance?
Alan?
Alan Radford?
Mena!
Get me out of this place!
Ease him out.
Can someone help me
take this child?
Yes, you are bleeding,
but please stop moving.
Please! Somebody!
Please help us!
Will somebody please help us?
Daddy! Daddy, there's been
a bomb in town.
I came straight over.
Dad, Cathy was down there.
Christ.
Patsy?
Patsy!
Patsy?
Have you seen Cathy?
It's not me.
It's Aiden.
- He's not back yet.
- He hasn't rung.
People are injured.
He'll be helping.
But he would've phoned us
by now.
Look, I'll go and find him.
I'll go with you, Daddy.
You stay with your mum.
Stay with your mummy.
- Michael!
- No, Mum, it's all right.
No, Mummy. It'll be grand.
Mummy, honestly.
Come on, let's go inside.
Come on, come on.
Go back up the street.
That's it. Thank you.
Come on,
get yourselves sorted out.
We're blocking off
George Street.
Move it!
Come on!
Excuse me.
Can I go in there?
No, I'm sorry, sir.
But my son.
We're evacuating the area, sir.
I know, but Aiden will be
helping with the rescue.
Sir, it's only official
personnel allowed in.
Aye, but he would be official
if he was helping.
I have to find him.
You need to get to a hospital.
He might be helping there.
Hospital?
All right, some pumps there
as a precaution
down your right-hand side.
Please help!
Please help!
Go on, go through.
Aiden?
Aiden?
Have you seen my son anywhere?
Aiden?
Aiden Gallagher?
- Aiden Gallagher?
- Will somebody help me?
Please make way now.
Coming through now.
Doctor, excuse me.
Clear.
- Nurse, nurse.
- I can't. I can't.
Cardiac output is down.
Nurse.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Sweetheart, we're gonna put
this dressing on you, okay?
Esther Gibson?
Esther Gibson?
Coming through.
I can't find my daughters,
Jolene and Nicky Marlow.
One was in a checked shirt.
She's crashing.
Lorraine Wilson.
She was 15.
I'll stay here then.
Sorry, doctor?
Sorry.
I'm looking for my son,
Aiden Gallagher.
Aiden Gallagher.
Where would he be?
We don't know all the names yet.
I'll get back to you.
Yeah, she's 36 years of age.
She was working in a shop.
Geraldine Breslin.
She said her name was Maguire.
Maguire.
Johnson, that's what it was.
It's Johnson.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Mike!
Mike?
Your mummy and daddy,
are they here, son?
I don't know.
Has somebody told them, son?
Don't know.
Don't worry.
I'll phone them, okay?
Mike? Mike?
Have you seen Aiden?
Yeah.
Where?
He was standing beside me.
You mean he was standing beside
you when the bomb went off?
Is that what you mean?
Yeah.
And now? Where is he now?
Is he still in town?
That's all I know.
Okay, son, look,
I'll phone your mummy
and daddy.
You need to stay awake, son.
You need to stay awake for them.
That's it.
That's it.
Nurse, will you please look
after this boy?
No, he's awake.
He's in ward number 2,
third floor.
No, I'm looking for him now.
He must be helping.
Following what the police said
were two deliberately misleading
warnings
about the location
of the device...
Patsy?
Is he there?
- Haven't you seen?
- No.
Oh, my God!
Dozens of women and children
were among the injured.
People have been killed.
Patsy, there are hundreds
of people alive.
I've seen them myself.
I've seen people helping.
No! He would've phoned us
by now!
I don't know where he is,
but I'll go and find him.
Daddy, they're telling people
not to go to the hospitals.
Go to the leisure center.
That's where
they're telling us to go.
Cathy, don't let your mummy
watch the TV.
But we need to know.
Don't let your mummy
watch the TV!
Sharon.
Mum, what's wrong?
It's okay, Darra.
Come on.
What's wrong with Mum?
Sorry.
I'm sorry. Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Sean McLaughlin.
He's 12 years old.
I'm looking for my son.
I'm looking for Alan Radford.
This is the work
of dissident Republicans
opposed to the Peace Process,
Continuity IRA or Real IRA.
I'm looking for my daughter,
Lorraine Wilson.
I want to see my wife.
Where is she?
Excuse me,
I want to see my wife!
Spanish children.
But how many are you missing?
Five. We have lost five.
I am their teacher.
Come with me over here.
Sorry.
Excuse me. Sorry.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Sorry. Sorry.
Sorry.
Just, could...
Can somebody...
Could you help me, please?
Nurse, can you help me?
I'm looking for my son,
Aiden Gallagher.
He's not on the County
or the Belfast list.
Where is she?
Not in Derry.
But that's 30 miles away.
Are you sure he's not there?
No. Nothing as yet,
Mr. Gallagher.
- What do I do?
- You'll just have to wait.
- Can I help you?
- I'm looking for Oran Doherty.
Thanks.
Jolene Marlow,
is she on the list?
His name's James Barker.
He was on a school trip.
Michael?
Father.
Mike?
Stanley.
This is Michael Gallagher.
He's an old neighbor of mine.
This is the Rev. Myers.
Hello, Michael.
We were neighbors
up in Summerhill Park.
This is Fr. Mullan.
Stanley McCombe.
Haven't seen you in ages.
Seven years, isn't it?
I can't believe that it's...
Is Anne with you?
She went to work this morning
in the shop.
I haven't seen her.
So they told me to wait here.
What about yourself?
Well, I was working with Aiden
on a car this morning,
and then he went into town
to get some jeans.
Oh, Michael.
They're saying
it's the Real IRA.
I thought this was all
supposed to be over now.
Yeah.
Is there anything
I can get you, Michael?
No, thanks, Father.
I just need to be on me own
for a wee minute.
See you later, Stanley.
We'd ask all the families
who still have relatives missing
to please be patient.
We will bring you further news
as soon as we have it.
Stanley?
Mr. Gallagher?
Yes.
Please come through.
Mr. Michael Gallagher.
Mr. Gallagher, come in.
Please sit down.
I'm sure you know that there
have been fatalities today.
I know this is very painful
for you.
But what we need, Mr. Gallagher,
is for you to tell us
of any identifying features
of your son.
Aiden.
Yes.
No.
Sweetheart.
Sweetheart.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, sweetheart.
Sweetheart.
In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thanks, Father.
Thank you, Father.
They're beautiful flowers,
aren't they?
I've never seen
this many flowers.
- He was such a lovely...
- Thanks, sweetheart.
Has anybody seen Patsy?
Ann, have you seen Patsy
anywhere?
- I think she's in the kitchen.
- Is she?
- She went upstairs.
- And the girls?
I think they were here
a minute ago.
I saw Cathy.
Aye, Sharon was here.
She can't have gone far.
Wee Darra's over there.
There's a fella on the phone
asking for photographs of Aiden.
I can't deal with that.
Tell them to call back later.
- Is it a journalist?
- Aye.
Michael, there's someone here
who wants to speak to you.
Tell them I'll be there
in a minute, okay?
I just want to find Patsy.
Excuse me,
can I get by there, please?
Patsy?
Sharon?
And Aunt Rita's gonna come.
Mummy?
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
Is there anything
I can do to help?
Ann, thanks very much.
Just leave us alone
for a few minutes.
God bless you.
Keep in touch.
See you soon.
So, you're all right?
Yeah.
We'll see you tomorrow.
Okay. See you, Darra.
Do you want to take some food
with you?
No, Mummy, we have plenty.
I'm going with her, Daddy.
Help with Darra.
- Will you be all right?
- Yeah.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, we'll be fine.
See you, Mummy.
Okay. See you, Darra.
Mum.
Okay.
What are you gonna do
about college?
It's not starting
for a few weeks yet.
You don't have to make up
your mind yet, do you?
Well, I'll see how I go.
You'll be all right?
Yeah, we'll be fine.
We'll all be fine.
Look after yourselves, okay?
Bye.
Safe driving, now.
Are you sure
you'll be all right?
Yes. Safe home.
Come on, Darra.
Patsy, leave that, darling.
I'm just gonna tidy away
a few things.
No, I'll do that.
You go on upstairs to bed.
I'll be up in 5 minutes, okay?
- Go on ahead.
- Okay.
...to continue
with the Peace Process.
tonight,
some still critically injured.
So far, the tragedy
has claimed 31 lives,
including those of 2 children.
The group responsible for
the Omagh bombing, the Real IRA,
declared a permanent cease-fire
at 2:00 A.M. this morning
following pressure
from the Provisional IRA
and the Irish
and British governments.
Tony Blair said that this
didn't alter his determination
to catch the bombers.
For our part, we have agreed
that the two governments
will work together
and will do everything that
is possible within their power
to hunt down those
that have been responsible
for this outrage.
Police today have...
Hello?
Is that Michael Gallagher?
Yes.
What about this football match?
Football match?
Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane
coming to play a benefit match
in Omagh.
Surely, you knew about that.
No, I haven't heard.
Do you know if there's been
any charges yet?
Have the police
told you anything
about what they're doing?
No, they haven't.
Who is this, by the way?
Laurence Rush.
Laurence Rush?
His wife owned the Gift Shop.
My wife, Libbi,
owned the Gift Shop
before they blew her up.
Yes, I knew Libbi.
The point is, Michael,
where's our voice in all this?
I don't know.
I've called a meeting
for all the families.
The Royal Arms, Tuesday night.
He's organized a meeting,
he says.
Maybe we should go, Michael,
just to know what's going on.
What I find disgusting
and downright insulting
is the fact that
they've reopened the street
so shortly after the event.
I was at the memorial
for my daughter.
And there was barely room
for my family.
Politicians everywhere.
Trimble, Hume,
McGuiness for God's sake!
I never invited any of them.
And now they're saying we're
not entitled to compensation.
It's not about the money.
It's what they're saying.
They're saying that he wasn't
worth anything.
My daughter has to strip
to show her injuries
for the compensation board,
to show what they did to her.
I can't believe people would
make a young girl do that.
This Omagh fund,
they seem to be saying
that it's almost like
a Victorian means test.
But what I want to know
is what the RUC are doing.
Can anyone tell me that?
What has this got to do
with the RUC?
I'll tell you what it's got
to do with the RUC.
and 38 people
have been released.
That's what it's got to do
with the RUC.
Yes, but most of those
are south of the border.
That is the Garda.
That is not the RUC.
Nobody's telling us anything.
Nobody's telling us a thing.
I've written to Tony Blair.
It's not worth the paper
it's written on.
Well, he is the prime minister
for God's sake.
It's the same old story.
As long as the bombs stay
out of London,
they don't give a damn.
It's always been that way,
and it always will be.
No, sorry, Laurence.
I'm sorry.
Please don't sit there
and try and tell me
that this is all somehow
the fault of the British.
When are the Irish gonna start
taking responsibility
for what happens in Ireland?
Money for bombs, still going on.
What's being done about that?
Nothing!
This is never gonna work.
Michael, you've got to say
something.
The Nationalist community?
What about
the Unionist community?
If we want peace, we've got to
find a peace that works.
Has Paisley ever put a bomb
under a car?
He doesn't have to.
Every time he opens his mouth
he condemns the Peace Process.
No. Excuse me.
What gives you the right to talk
to people like this?
Can I just say something?
Please, can we all stop
shouting at each other?
Laurence, can I say something?
Laurence, can I say something?
Laurence, we're not
gonna get anywhere
if all we do is shout
at each other.
We're not gonna get anywhere.
Go on, Michael. Go on.
I'm not very good
at public speaking.
You can do it.
Look, I haven't put on the TV
since the day we buried
our Aiden.
So I don't know
what's happening.
But I do know there's Catholics
in this room and Protestants.
And Presbyterians.
And Mormons.
Marion's here.
And...
And...
some of us believe in God.
And now maybe some of us
have no God.
But I can tell you this.
We're not gonna get anywhere
unless we do it together.
That's the truth of the matter.
Hear, hear!
You're so right.
- Daddy?
- What?
Do you actually know
what a chairman does?
Haven't a clue,
have you, Michael?
Well, you just tell people
when they can talk
and when they can't talk.
And maybe make
a few phone calls
every now and then.
You can't manage to open
your mouth at home.
How are you gonna cope
with that lot?
Come on,
it's okay for us to laugh.
Well, I just think
that it'll be good
for us to be involved maybe,
you know.
Will we get something to eat?
- Yeah. Where'll we go?
- Chips.
Oh, no, not chips again.
Hello?
Hello?
I wonder, would it be possible
to be put through
to the person in charge
of the inquiry?
Yes, my name
is Michael Gallagher.
Is there anybody else in the
office that I could speak to?
I'm Michael Gallagher.
My name is Michael Gallagher.
I'm ringing on behalf
of the Omagh Self-Help
and Support Group.
We're the families
of the victims of the bomb.
Hello.
We're the Omagh Support Group.
We've a meeting with
Chief Superintendent Anderson.
If you just go through
that way there, please, sir.
Chief Superintendent
Eric Anderson.
- It's Mister...
- Gallagher. Michael Gallagher.
Mr. Gallagher,
please do come in.
How are you doing?
Stanley McCombe.
Victor Barker.
Alan Skelton.
Elizabeth Gibson.
Obviously, I'd like to extend
my deepest sympathies
to you all at this time.
Now, please,
if there's anything you need,
anything at all.
I presume you all have your
own liaison officers by now.
Yes.
Now, we're still
at the very early stages
of a painstaking investigation.
As you can imagine,
we're facing an enormous task.
But my officers are working
night and day.
You can be assured of that.
Now...
Excuse me. Would it be possible
for me to ask a question?
Yes, certainly, Mr. Gallagher.
I think what we all
want to know here
is when will you be
pressing charges
against the men who did this?
As I say, we're still
at the very early stages
of a very difficult inquiry.
What I can say
is we're making good progress.
We're doing everything we can.
We're trying to do our best.
Do you know who did it?
Obviously, we're all aware
the Real IRA has claimed
responsibility.
I mean the actual people.
I know the organization.
We're asking
if you know their names.
We have an idea of some of them.
We're getting into
a sensitive area here.
Look, I want prosecutions
as much as you do.
But the problem is evidence.
Hard information.
Okay.
"We received your letter,
but to be honest,
sympathy is not enough."
That's a great start.
Whilst we understand
the sensitive nature
of the inquiry...
Certain things may be censored.
Yes, but we need to know
why there haven't been
any charges.
Yes, I have it here.
But they can't have arrested
them for no reason, can they?
What about the police?
Oh, well, they acknowledged
that "an explosion did occur
and is the subject
of an investigation."
We've asked for a full briefing,
but so far,
we're not getting very far.
On the arrests, we already know
that they've all been released.
For Jesus' sake!
The churches have been very good
and the local community groups.
But it's not great.
Very observant of you, Michael.
Okay, look.
We could sue them ourselves.
The Real IRA,
the 32 Counties
Sovereignty Committee,
all of them.
They exist, don't they?
They have assets.
Money coming in from America.
But we need evidence.
We'll get evidence.
They did it with O.J. Simpson,
okay?
Once he was acquitted,
her family sued for damages.
And they got a verdict.
That's the point.
Christ, if every victim
of the Troubles
started suing a paramilitary
group, where would it end?
Omagh Support Group.
Even if they prosecuted one of
them, it would be a start.
Look, if we did this,
there's a chance we could put
them out of business for good.
He's got a point.
How much would it cost us?
A million, million and a half.
Where are we gonna find
that kind of money?
We raise it, Stanley.
We open a fund, start an appeal.
That'll take years.
Years to even make a start.
Somebody called.
Says he knows who they are.
- What?
- What do you mean?
Michael, what do you mean?
We've got the names.
Who was that?
Didn't say who he was.
- Jesus.
- God.
Who'd have thought it, huh?
Okay, everybody, we'll be there
in about 5 minutes.
So we'll go
to the front entrance.
Let's be sure and keep together
and retain our dignity, okay?
It'll be okay.
Stay together.
Stay together.
Come on, now, baby.
Let's go.
Are you in the Real IRA?
What do you know
about the Omagh bombing?
- Murderers!
- Colm Murphy.
This is my son.
He was murdered by the Real IRA.
Excuse me?
Excuse me.
- Can you explain?
- Seamus Daly.
Or Colm Murphy,
are these people here tonight?
Organizers of the Omagh bomb.
Murderers.
How long are you going to
protect them?
You killed our sister.
Philomena Skelton,
murdered by the Real IRA!
Why did my wife have to die?
My daughter Lorraine
was 15 years old.
Geraldine Breslin,
murdered by the Real IRA.
Please don't support
these people.
Please.
They killed my son.
Everybody wants us to walk away,
go quietly.
So that they can get on
with their Peace Process.
My sister, Esther Gibson.
Oran Doherty, murdered.
What do you know?
Don't give your money
to these people.
Please don't give your money
to these people.
They killed my son!
Please.
I must look after my wife there.
Mr. Gallagher, what are you
hoping to achieve here tonight?
Please don't give your money
to these people.
I'm sorry.
I have to go look after my wife.
I'm all right.
Come on, let's get off the road.
I'm all right.
Come on, sweetheart.
Oh, Laurence.
Where's the rest of them?
Stanley wouldn't come
on principle.
Godfrey and Ann Wilson.
We should have spoken to
the others at the very least.
We didn't handle this right.
We're gonna upset
the whole group.
Are you coming or not?
This way, gentlemen, please.
He's in a room there,
and he's gonna face me.
If you'll just wait here
a moment.
They're here.
Ready for you now.
Mr. Rush?
That's me.
Gerry Adams.
Michael Gallagher.
Thanks for coming.
Shall we sit down?
I want to make it clear
at the outset
that I'm not talking to you
as a politician
when I tell you
that this bombing was a dreadful
and appalling atrocity.
And my heart goes out to you all
for the terrible loss
that you're suffering.
Obviously, we in Sinn Fein
and the Republican community
would like to do everything
we possibly can to assist you.
Mr. Adams, what we want to know
is who is responsible.
I don't know.
I don't know who's responsible
any more than you.
What about the Real IRA?
Or the 32 Counties
Sovereignty Movement?
You must know them.
Somebody in Sinn Fein
must know something.
Look,
it's no consolation to you.
- What we have to do now...
- Mr. Adams.
Do you know any of these names?
There's 18 men walking free.
Liam Campbell.
Seamus Daly.
Murphy?
I don't know them.
Would you tell us if you did?
Look, I'm here to help,
if it's possible.
These people are as much
our enemies as they are yours.
But you can ask your people
to help the police.
Rank-and-file Republicans
are very wary about
any cooperation with the RUC.
Well, then, ask them
to talk to the Garda.
Get the information privately.
Give it to me.
I'll pass it on.
That would still involve the RUC
at prosecution.
They'll not accept it.
Look, what we have got to do now
is make sure that the Peace
Process keeps moving forward.
Put the past behind us.
That's the only way
we're gonna deal with this.
Mr. Adams.
My brother was murdered
by an IRA gunman in 1984.
No witnesses came forward
for that either,
so they got away.
So I agree with you.
Let's put the past behind us.
That was my brother then.
But this is my son now.
The war is supposed to be over.
You say you want to build
a new Northern Ireland,
a peaceful Northern Ireland.
But how can we build
a peaceful Northern Ireland
unless you help us to bring
his killers to justice?
I understand what you're saying,
Mr. Gallagher,
and my sympathies are with you.
But assisting the RUC
is only going to alienate
hard-liners in our community.
The very people
we have got to keep on board
if we're to keep this thing
moving forward.
This is the reality we face.
We cannot jeopardize
the Peace Process.
They were pleased enough to be
photographed at the funerals,
but what are they
actually doing now?
He's busy at the moment.
Can I get him to call you back?
No, look, the question to ask
the British and Irish
governments are these.
How many officers have been
assigned to the inquiry?
Has a witness-protection plan
been offered
to the general public?
Hello, Father,
how are you doing?
Ah, no,
this is very important, now.
The Garda haven't even appealed
for witnesses
on their website.
I'm sorry?
Yeah, but the one thing
that we're not getting here
is the one thing
that we all want.
Those men answering
to their crimes
in a court of law.
That's right.
Yeah, but they're just
not responding.
And you know Victor Barker?
He's English.
He lost his son.
Do you know what he does?
He sends letters to the British
Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
And then he gets
these personal replies saying,
"Dear Victor,
best regards to the family.
Yours ever, Tony."
That's great, isn't it?
It's lovely.
Then he starts to ask questions,
and he wants meetings.
Then he gets a reply
from his secretary,
and then he gets a reply from
an assistant to the secretary.
It's ridiculous.
Hello?
No, I'm sorry.
Can I take a message?
He finally gets so angry,
he sends a photo of his son
over to Tony Blair,
blown up.
It's a terrible picture.
Absolutely.
And do you know what they did?
They lost it.
I swear to God, they lost it.
Is it any wonder the families
are so angry?
Is it any wonder?
All we're asking for here
is that the governments
pay attention
to the promises they make.
Look, John,
just hang on a second.
I'll talk to you later.
Bye-bye.
That was someone from the BBC.
I know this is difficult.
They're doing
a "Panorama" program,
and they want to talk
to you about it.
I know it's difficult
with the phones going nonstop.
The "Belfast Telegraph" rang,
and that interview's at 4:00.
Don't.
Hello?
Stanley, I'm in the middle
of something now.
I'll give you a call
in 5 minutes, okay? Bye.
I can't do this anymore.
But we have to know
what happened.
I know what happened.
I know what happened.
Someone killed Aiden.
That's what happened.
And I don't care about why.
Or what or how.
Any of it.
All I want to know
is that he's at peace.
And that's it.
That's all.
We can't stop now.
We've only just started.
Hello?
Their legacy is carnage.
Carnage that was indiscriminate
in every way.
and babies were killed.
The bombers were former members
of the Provisional IRA
who opposed their cease-fire.
Liam Campbell lives
in a comfortable house
just a few yards
inside the Irish Republic.
According to
intelligence sources,
he's the so-called officer
commanding the Real IRA.
There are two mobile phones
whose records
on the day of the bombing
are of special interest.
One of these two phones belonged
to this man,
Colm Murphy.
He said he handed over both his
mobile and his foreman's mobile
to another builder.
That builder was Seamus Daly.
We spotted Colm Murphy arriving
at this building in Dundalk,
which is where
we caught up with him.
I wonder
if you could explain to me
why it is that you gave
your mobile telephone
and the mobile telephone
of your foreman
to Seamus Daly on the eve
of the Omagh bombing.
I didn't give my phone
to anybody.
Despite the fact that the police
on both sides of the Irish
border know the identities
of those they believe
to have been the bombers,
there is no immediate prospect
of charges.
The absence of prosecutions
is an increasing burden
for the families
of the Omagh bombing.
Hello?
Smoke?
No, I don't.
Could you tell me who you are?
As far as you're concerned,
my name's Kevin Fulton.
You said you were in the IRA?
So, do you know
any of these names?
You're missing McKevitt.
Micky McKevitt.
He's the one who organized it.
He was the quartermaster.
He looked after the weapons
and all the explosives.
He walked out on the IRA
after Adams and McGuiness signed
the Good Friday Agreement.
He took Campbell
and the others with him
and set up the Real IRA.
They're not the 'Ra.
They hate the IRA.
For selling out,
for Good Friday,
for giving up the arms struggle.
So, why did you ring me?
To tell you you're not asking
the right question.
But what is the right question?
You don't get it, do you?
They knew.
They knew about the bomb.
How?
How did they know?
'Cause I was working for them
all along.
The Army, MI5, RUC.
Told them myself.
I was a mole.
I don't understand.
I had a contact in the Real IRA.
He told me
there was something big on.
Something spectacular.
So I met my RUC handler,
and I told him.
Two days later, Omagh.
But surely,
they would've done something.
Why did they not try to stop it?
Did you see any Army checkpoints
in Omagh that day?
Were there any soldiers
on the street?
No, please, please.
Look, we need help.
It's very confusing, all this.
Be careful with that list.
Accusations by former
British spy Kevin Fulton
that the intelligence community
knew in advance
about the Omagh bombing
have embarrassed
the security services
and raised questions about the
failure to bring prosecutions.
There have been calls for the
allegations to be investigated
by the Police Ombudsman.
Stanley?
It's me.
It's all over the papers,
Michael.
If this is true...
They're gonna have to
answer some questions now.
They can't ignore this.
We should call a meeting.
I'm still away in the South.
I've a wee bit more to do.
- Take care, Michael.
- I will.
Come on in.
Pleased to meet you.
My name is John White.
Mr. White.
Well, I'll leave you
to talk for a while.
Okay.
Thanks, Father.
Come through.
Have you heard of the Garda's
National Surveillance Unit?
No, I haven't.
Well, we're a secret department.
We were keeping tabs
on the Real IRA
for the Irish government.
I was working there
when the bomb went off.
I had a source in the Real IRA
and a good one.
He got them their cars.
Stole them, you know.
Anyway, we knew
that a car with a bomb
was going to be driven
to the border.
So what happened?
I was told
they were gonna let it go.
What, deliberately?
They said
they were gonna let it go.
Why?
Why would they do that?
Oh, protecting the informants.
Maybe they thought a big bomb
would discredit the Real IRA,
get them out of the picture.
Maybe they just didn't
think it through.
No one would get killed.
Maybe they just fucked up.
the machine gets lazy, you know?
Look, Michael, I'm not saying
lots of honest people, police,
didn't try their best.
They did.
But there won't be
any prosecutions.
Not for Omagh.
Ah, no.
There have to be.
We have to keep the pressure on.
Listen.
If you ask me...
they made a deal.
Put the guns down,
declare a cease-fire,
and we won't prosecute.
You're in the way
of the Peace Process, Michael.
And nothing...
Nothing is gonna be allowed
to do that.
My God.
My God.
Cathy, what are you doing home?
It's the end of term.
Oh, yeah, right.
You knew I was coming home.
I phoned you.
Oh, yes, I did.
Sorry.
Where's Mummy?
She's upstairs.
Ah, well,
she's better off sleeping.
She won't get out of bed.
She never goes out.
She has these days, you know.
Who looks after her?
- Sharon.
- Sharon?
Yeah.
Sharon comes over.
Look, we're doing okay.
Your mummy likes to be
on her own, doesn't she?
- It's true.
- It's not true!
She's too sad to get up.
And you're just as bad.
Who's looking after you?
I'm all right.
- You look terrible.
- Really, I'm fine.
You both look terrible.
- I've been to a meeting.
- You're always at a meeting.
Every time I've rung,
you're at a meeting.
Or on TV.
Please, stop arguing.
What's the use
of all this running around?
Do you really think
they care what you're doing?
Do you think they're gonna stop
the shooting and the bombing
just because
you gave an interview
to the "Belfast Telegraph"
or the BBC?
Who are you doing it for?
I'm doing it for Aiden.
Aiden's dead!
He's dead.
You should be here, Daddy.
Looking after us.
White said they were trying to
protect an informer.
What about protecting
our families?
Flanagan
better have some answers.
We'll get some answers,
hopefully.
The Chief Constable
will see you now.
Morning.
Laurence Rush.
Elizabeth Gibson.
Kevin Skelton.
I'm very grateful
to have this opportunity
to talk to you all today,
personally,
and to try to reassure you
after some of the things
that have been said.
I know you'll be concerned
about the Fulton case,
and so I wanted to brief you
myself.
Look...
it's very difficult.
The world of intelligence
is murky,
and trying to anticipate
the intentions
of a terrorist organization
like the Real IRA
is difficult.
We need good,
reliable information.
A good informer
is worth his weight in gold.
But a bad one is a disaster.
And Kevin Fulton was a bad one.
He made things up.
For money.
Trying to tell us what
he thought we wanted to hear.
So we cut him off.
There was nothing else to do.
But he said he knew.
He warned you.
He knew
there was something big on.
Well, I'm sorry, obviously,
that he's been given
the prominence in the media
that he has,
but I can assure you
that there's nothing in this.
Nothing.
I've looked into it myself.
Shouldn't there be
an independent opinion on this?
The Police Ombudsman,
aren't they looking into it?
The Ombudsman is there
to deal with routine complaints,
to give the communities
a stake in policing
after Good Friday.
Yeah, but what is the point
of the Ombudsman
if it isn't looking
into the things
that we want investigated?
What we're talking about
is intelligence.
MI5, Special Branch.
It's not the proper area
for the Ombudsman.
It's far too sensitive.
Surely, you understand that.
Well, what about the Garda's
surveillance man in Dublin?
He's telling the same stories.
Well, obviously,
I can't speak for the Garda,
and Detective Sergeant White
is not one of my officers.
I think he was suspended.
Wasn't he, George?
Michael.
Can I call you Michael?
I understand the frustration
that you all feel,
that we all feel,
when something like this
comes up.
I just wish
that you had come to me earlier
with your concerns.
I could've saved you
the trouble.
Michael,
I know you want progress.
So do I.
We all do.
But you're scaling down
the investigation.
Manpower adjustments
are always reviewed
as any investigation progresses.
There's nothing abnormal
in that.
Do you seriously think
that I would do anything
to jeopardize the inquiry?
You have to trust us.
Otherwise, what else is there?
Did White not tell you
he was in trouble?
We need to be more careful
about who we trust.
Who's to say Flanagan's telling
us the whole story about Fulton?
Now the Chief Constable's
lying, is he?
We set up this organization
to help the police,
not put them in the dock.
You tell me what he's done!
If it's not true,
then where's his answers?
What are you saying?
He's not doing his best?
No! No, I don't think
he is doing his best!
He's trying to catch the men
who killed our daughter.
He's all we've got.
This whole thing stinks.
If you think that we're being
told the whole truth,
you're more stupid and naive
than I thought.
I won't be a part of this
anymore.
We come here to support
each other, not listen to this.
Och, Hugh, wait.
I'm sorry, Michael.
- Laurence...
- Don't!
Don't you start.
I'll not stand by
and let them get away with it.
And if I have to sue the RUC
and the British government,
I'll do it on my own.
It's not working, is it?
None of it.
It's been a difficult day.
No.
I mean the whole campaign.
What have we achieved?
Michael, we have achieved...
No, I mean, Stanley,
what have we actually achieved?
We've started the civil action.
We've started nothing.
We just talked about
starting it, that's all.
That's not true.
I'm gonna set up meetings
in London next month.
We need a million pounds.
That's what we need.
They're closing down
the investigation.
They're never gonna catch them.
Never.
They're still
shooting and bombing.
They're still walking around
the place, drinking in bars,
having a good life,
laughing at us.
I mean, there's been
over 2,000 unsolved murders
since the beginning
of the Troubles.
Why should we be any different?
I mean, maybe they're right.
Maybe us pursuing our campaign
is destroying the Peace Process.
Michael, you can't start
thinking like...
Och, face it, Stanley,
we're getting nowhere.
We have supported each other.
We've kept each other going.
Is that not enough
to be going on with?
Not anymore, Stanley.
I'm staying home now.
Just thought I'd come back,
try and work again, you know?
We planned it all together,
you know?
he said.
When I got too old
to get out of a chair.
No, it's okay, it's okay.
He wasn't just my son, you know.
He was my workmate.
Everything.
He was everything to me.
And...
when I'm in the house...
and the three of you
are talking together...
still doing all the things
you've always done...
And I tell myself it's not fair.
I tell myself it's not true.
Inside, I feel
he meant more to me.
And I know that's awful...
to feel like that.
Because I know
how much you loved him.
But...
I can't feel the way you feel.
Only the way I feel.
Patsy, I think
I'll just go down to the Birches
and see what's going on.
The Ombudsman's
giving a report today.
Yes, I know.
I saw it in the paper.
Well, I won't be long.
Just think I should show
some solidarity, you know?
All right.
See you later.
Aye.
See you later.
Okay.
- How are you?
- Not too bad.
Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you all
for coming here this morning.
Michael, welcome back.
I just dropped in, that's all.
How's Patsy?
Much better than before, thanks.
I think you all know about
the "Sunday People" article
in which a man
calling himself Kevin Fulton
claimed that he had
told the police about Omagh.
We felt it essential
to investigate these allegations
not least to show the people
in Northern Ireland
that we are serious
about a new era in policing.
I want to introduce you now
to the Police Ombudsman,
Nuala O'Loan,
who will take you further
into the presentation.
Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen.
Good morning.
The Omagh bomb was the most
grave and exceptional crime
in the history
of Northern Ireland,
and the failure
to bring prosecutions
shames us all.
I want to start by saying
that the people responsible
for the Omagh bombing
are the terrorists who planned
and executed the atrocity.
Nothing should ever detract
from that unequivocal fact.
We have established Kevin Fulton
did pass on information
relating to the alleged
dissident terrorist activity
to his Special Branch handlers.
The Chief Constable has said
that Kevin Fulton's evidence
was disregarded
because it was unreliable.
But I have to tell you
that when we examined
Special Branch records,
we found
no formal written record
of Kevin Fulton being unreliable
in the period up to August 1998.
He is graded
as a reliable source.
I am satisfied
that further action should have
been taken on that information.
It is clear that Special Branch
did not pass it on
to the Omagh bomb
investigation team.
A large crowd has gathered at
the Silverbirch Hotel in Omagh.
The Police Ombudsman is meeting
the Omagh families
to discuss
her long-awaited report.
We'll bring you more news
as soon as we have it.
More worryingly,
in the course of our review,
it became clear to us
that Special Branch were also
in receipt of other information
which indicated that
an attack on Omagh was imminent.
Not least, an anonymous call
on the 4th of August
warned that an attack
would be made on police in Omagh
on the 15th of August 1998.
I have to tell you that these
warnings were not followed up
prior to the bombing.
Now, significant
evidential opportunities
were most certainly lost
when Special Branch did not
share the intelligence
with the senior investigator.
- Are youse in, girls?
- Aye, Mummy.
Now, this is only one
of a number of concerns we have
about the conduct
of the inquiry.
We found
which we say could have
relevance to the Omagh bombing.
Of these documents,
only 22%
have been made available
to the investigation team.
The book logging
all terrorist warnings at Omagh
disappeared without explanation.
Whose fault was that?
We don't have any satisfactory
answer to that question.
Two months
into the investigation,
the investigation team
was reduced by 42%.
Shame!
Shame!
It's all full up.
It's not possible to say
what impact
action taken
as a result might have had
or whether this action would
have prevented the Omagh bomb,
but it is little wonder
that out of this uncertainty
that doubt and mistrust
and conspiracy arise.
I have concluded
with great sadness
that the judgment and leadership
of the Chief Constable
has been seriously flawed.
The victims,
you, the families,
the people of Omagh,
as well as the officers
of the RUC
have been let down
by defective leadership,
poor judgment,
and a lack of urgency.
And as a result,
the chances of detaining
and convicting the Omagh bombers
has been significantly reduced.
The man's a disgrace!
He should resign!
- Yes, he should resign!
- He should resign!
Have we not suffered enough?
This has gone far enough!
It's a disgrace.
We won't get any justice,
not in this country.
Justice.
Justice!
Mr. Gallagher.
We need to speak out.
How do the families feel,
Mr. Gallagher?
Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Wilson.
Do you have anything to say
to the Chief Constable?
Mr. Wilson.
I'm sorry. I have to
get through to my wife.
Five minutes.
Michael, please.
Can I get through there, please?
You came.
The girls said I had to.
I wanted to.
We lost our sister,
Esther Gibson.
We have fought this far...
Thank you.
You have to say something.
Please.
They're waiting for you.
Okay.
Come on.
Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Gallagher.
Mr. Gallagher, please.
Mr. Gallagher.
Mrs. O'Loan is the first person
to tell us the full story
of the Omagh investigation
and why there have been
no prosecutions,
and we'd like to thank her
for that.
The day our loved ones
lost their lives
and our families
were torn apart,
we were told
that everything would be done
to bring their killers
to justice.
To learn today
that they have failed us
before the bomb, after the bomb,
and are still failing us now,
to have that knowledge,
however distressing,
however shocking,
means that we can at last
move forward.
I would like to announce today
that we will be pursuing
our own legal action
against the Real IRA,
against those
who support and fund it,
and those who are responsible
for this dreadful atrocity.
But more than that,
we would like to call
into account
the security forces
and the police
and the politicians
in London, Belfast, and Dublin
who have promised us so much
but have, so far,
singularly failed to deliver.
We speak not just for ourselves.
We speak for the victims of the
Troubles of whatever tradition
and all those victims of terror
wherever it happens.
We will not go away.
We will not be quiet.
We will not be forgotten.
Come on, girls.
We'll go round this way.
I do not accept
either the broad thrust
or most of the detail
of the Ombudsman's criticisms.
And any impartial
or objective assessment
cannot fail to recognize
the high quality of leadership
that I have given
to the Omagh investigation.