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Morning.

Morning.

It's gone down.

Ah, here. Ah, Aidan, hang on. Let's get into town.

Pack it in, you two. Oh, you know that, Aidan.

Come on.

I said to take Dara this afternoon.

Get her in a wee break. Ah, it'll be lovely to see wee Dara.

What time?

She'll drop me up around three or four.

Dara, you all set?

Aye.

Can you let her up? Okay.

Bye. Have a good day.

Have a good day. Have a good day. Have a good day.

Bye, everybody.

Don't worry, he's going later.

Head down to Sally's, maybe?

All right. Go to the front bar.

Good fun?

Oh, what? Pit and poppin', eh?

Uh-huh.

So where do we start from this, then?

Vincent's having trouble with over-eating yesterday.

She needs to get a new one.

Ah, she doesn't listen to a word you say, though.

Okay, look. Yeah, see you later. See you later, look.

No,

it's not moving, Dad.

What? It's not moving.

Here, try this.

That'll do there.

No, no better. It was not Thank you. Thank you Where

did you get that?

In the old toolbox

I got it, da.

There's a wee hole in the peg. Here, look.

Sit there.

Oh, sit, aye.

A wee bit of welding will sort that out, sir. Aye.

Is that Mike?

Oh, we would head into town.

What, now?

Nostran will tell him to wait, sir. Oh, you go on ahead, son. I can do this.

Are you sure, da? Yeah, absolutely.

That's a good thing.

Thanks. Will you bring up the welding equipment before you go, son? Yeah.

Good.

See you later, da.

Later, son.

See you, Michael.

See you, Michael.

Oh, Aidan, if you can open the house, will you bring some milk with you?

Aye, no bother.

All right, Mama. Hi, Aidan. I'm just heading up the town to buy some jeans.

OK, love. See you later.

Oh, Aidan.

Cathy's meeting Don in the Callagold.

Have you seen her? Can you tell her not to forget about the vegetables?

I'll put some milk in the fridge. There we go.

Good lad. Keeping you.

See you later. See you later.

Oh, mummy, what size am I?

32.

Now, check the label. Don't be getting the wrong ones.

Any work from John, hey?

No, I haven't heard from him.

Hey, we should call round 9-8 with him.

That's a good plan, isn't it? I'm sure he was teaming last night too.

So he's gone all over the place doing the pogo. Can you believe that?

No wonder he was making that noise.

You've been born from there before, haven't

you? Can I get back in there now?

Okay, okay.

The car's unpaid.

Hello,

Ulster Telephone and Newsroom.

Bomb, courthouse, on my main street, 30 minutes.

I'm sorry, can you speak more slowly? Which main street?

Courthouse, on my main street.

Explosion in 30 minutes.

500 pound bomb.

Do you have a code word?

Martha Pope.

Martha? Martha.

M-A-R-T-H-A-P-O-P-E. I-R-A.

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 on the main street.

Yes, absolutely.

I don't know what's wrong with them.

The brake pads, maybe?

Yeah, I think they're worrying about things. Yeah.

In your dreams, aye.

That can be fair. Danielle O'Connor, out of your league O'Connor.

Put it there.

How long is this going to be?

No matter, we've just had the call.

But I have to get a school uniform back.

Well, I'd try it another day if I was you.

No,

you can't get through. Thank you. Just move it on back. Thanks.

Sorry, there's a bomb warning.

Up the hill?

Yeah, there's a bomb warning up at the coat house. But you can still shop on

Marcus Street.

I'm just helping the cars move up here.

Ladies and gentlemen, please, there's an evacuation here.

The warning said 300 yards up from the courthouse. Just make sure that if

you're up... We're clearing up from the courthouse as well. I'm just not

prepared to take any risks.

Clear everybody down to the bottom of Market Street.

Anyone up the top of the hill, make sure that they're left down to the bottom of

the street.

That's it, 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. Thank you.

Thanks a lot.

Sorry, lads, you can't go up there.

I just want to pop around the corner.

No, we need to clear you down to the bottom of the hill.

That's all right.

There's a security alert at the courthouse, so we need to get you to the

bottom of the hill. All right. All right? Okay. Thank you.

Kathy's been salivating. I was supposed to tell her to get stuff for mummy.

We'll head that way now. Sure.

Not that, Mummy.

I'll make some tea. Did you see Aidan? He was looking for you.

No, I must have missed him.

I'm going to have to be home.

I'm going to speak to your gentleman.

Thank you.

It should be all right.

We're moving there, walking down to the bottom of the hill.

No, she said we're going to try to buy you a cup of tea anyway.

We can get it at the Randall's, won't we?

Looking for you.

We'll have time for a sticky one. Sticky one with coffee.

Thanks.

Somebody please help us!

Daddy!

Daddy, there's been a bomb in town.

I came straight over.

Dad, Kathy was down there.

Patsy!

Patsy!

Patsy!

Have you seen Kathy?

It's not me, it's Aidan.

He's not back yet.

Michael, he hasn't rung.

People are injured, he'll be helping. I know, but he would have found us by now.

Look, I'll go and find him. I'll go and find him. I'll go with you, Daddy.

You stay with your mommy. Stay with your mommy. Stay with your mommy. Michael.

No, Mommy. It's all right, Michael. No, Mommy. It's all right.

Mommy, I'm sick.

I'm all good.

Oh, sorry, sir.

I didn't listen. I know,

but Aidan will be helping the rescue. That'll be the kind of help.

Sir, there's only official personnel allowed in.

I think he would be official if it was helping. I have to find him and let me.

My wife knows. You need to get a hospital, sir.

He might be helping there.

I can't, I can't.

We're going to put the staffing on you, okay?

Lorraine Wilson.

I'll stay here.

Sorry, Doctor.

I'm looking for my son, Aidan Gallagher. Aidan Gallagher.

We don't know all the names yet.

36 years ago, she was working in a shop.

Aidan?

Aidan?

Aidan?

Aidan?

Excuse me, excuse me.

Mike.

Mike.

Mike.

Your mommy and daddy, are they here, son?

I don't know.

Has somebody told them, son?

I don't know.

But don't worry, I'll phone them, okay?

Have you seen Aidan?

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.

I don't know.

Where does he know? Is he still in town?

That's what I know.

Okay.

Okay, son, look.

I'll phone your mammy and daddy, son, okay?

You need to stay awake, son.

You need to stay awake.

That's it.

That's it.

Nurse, nurse, please, please, please, look after this boy, please.

No, he's awake.

He's in ward number two, third floor.

No, I'm looking for him now.

Well, he must be helping

Deliberately

misleading warnings about the location of the device shoppers

I've seen them myself. I've seen people helping.

I don't know where he is, OK? But I'll go and find him. I'll go and find him,

OK? Daddy, they're telling people not to go to the hospital. They'll go to the

legislature. That's where, if someone's missing, that's where they're telling us

to go. Cathy, don't let your mummy watch the TV, OK?

Daddy, we need to know. Don't let your mummy watch the TV, Cathy.

I'm looking for my son.

I'm looking for Alan Radford.

But how

many are you missing?

Five. All right, come with me.

Sorry, can somebody help me please? Can I help you?

Gallagher, not in the county or the Belfast list.

Not in there, aye?

Are you sure he's not there?

No, nothing as yet, Mr Gallagher.

I'm so sorry, you'll just have to wait.

Can I help you?

Michael father right Stanley

This is Michael Callaghan, one of the neighbours of mine. This is the Reverend

there.

Hello, Michael.

We were neighbours up in Solihill Park.

This is Father Muller. This is Danny McComb.

I haven't seen you in ages.

Seven years, huh?

I can't believe it.

Is Anne OK?

She might work tomorrow.

I thought I'd tell you to wait here.

What about yourself?

Well, um, I was working with Aidan on the car this morning and then he went

into time to get some jeans.

The,

uh, it sounds the real IRA.

I thought this was all supposed to be all right.

Yeah.

Is there anything I can get you, Michael?

No, thanks, Father. I just need to be on my own for a wee minute.

See you later, Father.

Thank you.

Mr. Gallagher.

Yeah.

Please come through.

Mr. Michael Gallagher.

Mr. Gallagher, come in. Please, 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.

Sweetheart.

Sweetheart.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

I can't

believe I'm

in a town to

call

back later. Is it a joke?

Excuse me. Excuse me. Can I get by you there, please?

Patsy?

Sharon?

Okay.

Are you all right?

Yeah. Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay. See you, darling.

Do you want me to come food with you?

No, no, Mummy. We have plenty.

I'll go with her, Daddy.

I'll help her, darling.

Will you be all right? Yeah. Okay. Are you sure? Yeah, we'll be fine.

See you, Mummy.

Okay. See you, darling.

You know, what are you going to do about college?

It's not starting for a few weeks yet.

Well, you don't have to make up your mind yet, do you? Of course not. We'll

be all right. What about you? Yeah, we'll be fine. We'll be fine.

We'll be fine. Now look after yourselves, okay? Okay. Bye.

Safe driving. Are you sure you'll be all right? Yes.

Safe driving.

You go on upstairs to bed. I'll be up in five minutes, okay?

Go on, Ed.

The group responsible for the OMA bombing, the real IRA, declared a

permanent ceasefire at 2am 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 bombs.

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.

Hello? Is that Michael Gallagher?

Yes.

What about this football match?

Football match?

Alex Ferguson.

Roy Keane coming to play a benefit match in OMA. Surely you knew about that?

No, no, I haven't heard.

Do you know if there have been any charges yet?

Have the police told you anything about what they're doing?

No, no, they haven't.

Who is this, by the way?

Lawrence Rush.

Lawrence Rush?

before they blew her up. Oh, yes, yes, I knew Libby.

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.

It's what they're saying. They're saying that he wasn't worth anything.

My daughter has to show her injuries for the compensation board. Show what they

did to her.

I can't believe people would make a young girl do that.

This Omer Fund, they seem to be saying that, like, it's almost like a Victorian

means test. They're giving money out. But what I want to know is what the RUC

is doing.

Can anyone tell me that?

No, no, no.

What has this got to do with the RUC?

I'll tell you what it's got to do with the RUC. Go ahead.

38 people have been arrested.

And 38 people have been released.

That's what it's got to do with the RUC.

Yes, but most of them are south of the border. South of the border. That is the

bar. That is not the RUC.

Nobody's telling us anything.

Nobody's telling us a thing.

I, um, 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.

As long as the bombs stay out of London, they don't give a damn. They don't care.

It's always been that way.

No, no, I'm sorry, Lawrence. I'm sorry. I can't... Please don't sit there and

try and tell me that this is all somehow the fault of the British.

When are the Irish actually going to stop taking responsibility for what

happens in Ireland?

Money for bombs.

Don't go on. Nothing done about that. Nothing.

What's the matter?

It's the Nationalist community.

What about the Unionist community?

If we want peace, we've got to find a peace that works.

As bad as peace? Did he ever put a bomb under a car?

He doesn't have to.

Every time he opens his mouth, he condemns the peace process.

Don't talk to me.

I'm not looking. I'll give you the right to talk to people.

Please, can we all stop talking to each other?

Lawrence, can I say something to Lawrence?

Lawrence, can I say something to Lawrence? Lawrence, Lawrence, we're not

going to get anywhere if all we do is shout at each other. Well said, Michael.

We're not going to get anywhere.

Go on, Michael, go on. I'm not very good at public speaking, Stanley. You can do

it.

Look, I haven't put on the TV since the day we buried our

Aidan.

So I don't know what's happening.

But I do know this, there's Catholics in this room, and Protestants, and

Presbyterians, and Mormons, Marians here, 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 going to get anywhere unless we do it together

That's the truth of the matter

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 going to cope with

that, love?

Come on, it's okay for us to laugh.

Well, I just think that it'd be good for us to be involved, maybe, you know?

Right. Mm-hmm.

Will we get some drinks?

Yeah. Where do we go? Chips.

Oh, no.

I wonder, would it be possible to be put through to the person in charge of the

inquiry, please?

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 OMA Self-Help and Support Group.

We're the families of the victims of the bomb.

Hello.

We're the OMA support group. We have a meeting with Chief Superintendent

Anderson.

Chief Superintendent Eric Anderson.

It's Mr.

Gallagher, Michael Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher, please do come in.

Obviously, I'd like to extend my deepest sympathies to you all at this time.

Now, I...

Please, if there is anything you need, anything at all, I presume you all have

your own liaison officers by now.

Now, we're still at the very early stages of a painstaking investigation,

and 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, please?

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 organisation.

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.

We received your letter, but to be honest, sympathy is not enough.

It's a great start, yes, exactly.

Once we understand the sensitive nature of the inquiry, things may be sensitive.

Yes, but we need to know why there haven't been any charges.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, I know, but they can't have arrested me for no reason, can they?

What about the police?

Well, they acknowledged that an explosion did occur and is the subject

of an investigation.

I mean, we've asked for a full briefing, but so far we're not getting very far.

On the arrest, I mean, we already know that they've all been released.

Jesus, Pete.

The churches have been very good, and the local community group.

But it's not great.

Very observant of you, Michael.

OK, look.

We could sue them ourselves.

The real IRA, the...

32 County Sovereignty Committee.

All of them.

They exist, don't they? They have assets, money, money coming in from

America. But we need evidence. And we'll get evidence.

They did it with O.J. Simpson, OK?

Once he was acquitted, her family sued for damages and they got a verdict.

That's the point.

Christ, if every victim of the trouble started suing a paramilitary group,

where would it end?

Well, Mr. Porter, what I'm saying is it's possible.

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, a million and a half.

Where do we go to find that kind of money? We raise it, Danly. We open a

fund, start an appeal.

Well, that'll take years.

Years to even make it 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 it? Who was that?

Didn't say who it was.

Jesus Christ.

Who'd have thought it, eh?

Okay, everybody. We'll be there in about five minutes.

We'll go to the front entrance.

Let's be sure and keep together and retain our dignity, okay?

Stay together.

Let's go.

You and the real IRA?

Where's MoMA?

What do you know about the MoMA bombing?

Murderers! Call in Murphy.

He's my son. He was murdered by the real IRA.

Excuse me.

Call in Murphy.

Call in Murphy.

All those people here tonight.

Organizers of the MoMA.

Murderers. How long are you going to protect them? You killed our citizens.

Why are you protecting them?

Everybody wants us to walk away.

Go quietly.

So that they can get on with their peace process.

Please don't give your money to these people.

Please don't give your money to these people.

They killed my son.

Please, please.

I must look after my wife there. Mr. Gallagher, what are you hoping to

achieve here tonight?

Please don't give me your money. Please, please, please.

I'm sorry, I must look after my wife here.

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

Thank you.

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, Lawrence.

We didn't handle this right.

We're going to upset the whole group. Are you coming or not?

This way, gentlemen, please.

He's in a room there.

And he's going to face me.

Mr. Rush?

That's me.

Jerry Adams?

Michael Canyon.

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 Féin 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-county sovereignty movement.

You must know them.

Somebody in Sinn Féin must know something.

Look, it's no consolation to you.

What we have to do now... 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 could ask your people to help the police.

Rank and file Republicans are very wary about any cooperation with the REC.

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 REC prosecution.

Do 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 going to 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 hardliners 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 jeopardise the peace process.

Well, now, they were pleased enough to come and be photographed at the funeral,

but what are they actually doing now?

I'm sorry, he's busy at the moment. Can I get him to call you back? No, no,

look, the question to ask the British and Irish government are these. Number

one, how many officers have been assigned to the inquiry?

And number two, has a witness protection plan been offered to the general public?

Hello, Father, how you doing?

I don't know, this is very important now.

The Gardaí haven't even appealed for witnesses on their website.

I'm sorry?

Yeah, I mean, 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.

Yeah, but they're just not responding.

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.

You know, and I know that's great, isn't it? It's lovely.

But then he starts to ask questions, he wants meetings and everything like that

there, and then he gets a reply from his secretary, and then he gets a reply from

his assistant to his secretary, and then it goes to another department.

You know what I mean?

Hello?

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm sorry, he's busy at the moment. Can I take a message?

Well, it finally gets so angry, he sends a...

of his son over the Tony Blair. Blown up.

It's a terrible picture.

Absolutely. And do you know what they did, John? They lost it.

I swear to God, they lost it. I mean, is it any wonder the families are so angry?

Is it any wonder?

I mean, all we're asking for here is that the government pay attention

because of it.

John, John, just hang on a second.

I've got to go. Bye-bye.

Pass me.

Pass me.

That was someone from the BBC.

I know this is difficult.

They're doing a panorama programme and they want to talk to you about it.

I know it's difficult with the phones going on. And the Belfast Telegraph rang

and that interview's at four o'clock, OK?

Four? Is it four?

Oh, Stanley.

Stanley, I'm in the middle of something now. I'll give you a call in five

minutes, okay?

And I don't care about why.

Or what or how.

Any of it.

All I want to know is that...

Hello?

Their legacy is carnage.

Carnage that was indiscriminate in every way.

29 men, women, children and babies were killed.

The bombers were former members of the provisional IRA who opposed their

ceasefire.

Liam Campbell lived 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 Colin 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 OMA 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 prosecution is an increasing burden for the families of

the Omobon.

As far as you're concerned, my name's Captain Fulton.

You said you were in the IRA?

Thirteen years.

So, do you know any of these names?

You're missing McKevitt.

Mickey 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 McGinnis signed the Good Friday

Agreement.

He took Campbell and the others with him and set up the real IRA.

They're not the raw.

They hate the IRA.

For selling out, for Good Friday, giving up the enormous struggle.

So, why did you ring me?

I 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?

Because I was working for them all along.

The army, MI5.

Well, you see, I told him myself I was a mole.

I don't understand.

I had a contact in the real area.

He told me there was something big on him.

I thought him spectacular.

So I met my RUC handler.

Surely, surely they would have done something.

Why did they not try to stop it?

Did you see any army checkpoints in Oma that day?

Were there any soldiers on the street?

The police, please.

Look, we need help.

It's very confusing, all this.

Accusations by former British spy Kevin Fulton that the intelligence community

knew in advance about the OMA bombing have embarrassed security services and

raised questions about the failure to bring prosecutions. They've been paused

for the allegations to be investigated by the police ombudsman.

Stanley, it's me.

It's all over the papers, Nigel. I mean, is it true?

Well, they're going to have to answer some questions now. They can't ignore

this. We should go to meet them. Okay, well, I'm still away in the south. I've

a wee bit more to do.

I'll see you later.

Michael.

Pleased to meet you.

My name is John White.

Mr. White. Well, I'll leave you to talk for a while.

Okay. Thanks for having me. Have you heard of the Gaudi's National

Surveillance Unit?

No. 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.

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 going to let it go.

What?

Deliberately?

They said they were going to let it go.

Why would they do that?

Protecting the informants.

Maybe they thought a big bomb would discredit the real IRA, get them out of

the picture, you know?

Maybe they just didn't think it through.

No-one would get killed.

Maybe they just fucked up.

30 years of chasing shadows, 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 Roma.

I know.

There have to be. We have to keep the pressure on. Listen, if

you ask me...

They made a deal.

They'll put the guns down, declare a ceasefire, and we won't prosecute.

You're in the way of the peace process, Michael, and nothing... nothing's going

to allow you to do that.

Kathy, 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 Mother?

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? Yeah.

Sharon's gone sober. Look, we're doing okay.

She really 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.

Kathy, 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.

Let's see if the bullet's running around.

I mean, do you really think they care what you're doing?

Do you think they're going to 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 Aidan. AIDAN!

I can't believe it.

Chief Constable, see you now.

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 organisation, 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? Well, the ombudsman is

there to deal with routine complaints, to give the communities a stake in

policing after Good Friday.

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 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 have saved you the trouble.

Michael, I know you want progress.

So do I.

We all do.

But you're scaling down the investigation.

Mantar 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?

No, I don't think he is doing his best. He's trying to catch the man who killed

our daughter. He's all we've got.

You think 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're committed to prove each other not listening to this.

Oh, you wait.

I'm sorry, Michael.

Don't.

Don't you start.

I'm not going to stand by and let them get away with it.

I'm going to 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 typical day.

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. No,

Michael, come on, that's not true. I'm going to 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 going to 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. You can't

start thinking... I confess that, 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.

Stand home.

Thought I'd come back, try and work again, you know.

We planned it all together, you know.

Fifty years, and he'd take over, he said.

I got too old to get out of the chair.

No, it's okay, it's okay.

He was 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 unfair.

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.

Patsy?

Patsy, I think I'll just go down to the birches and see what's going on.

The ombudsman's given a report today.

Yes, I know.

Saw it in the paper.

Well, it won't be long.

Just think I should show some solidarity, you know?

All right.

See you later.

Stanley. Michael.

How are you?

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for coming here this morning.

My name is Sam Pollock. I'm the chief executive for the police ombudsman's

office in Northern Ireland. I want to tell you what I remember.

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 Omar.

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'Long, who will

take you further into the presentation.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Good morning.

The OMA 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 Oma bombing

are the terrorists who planned and executed the atrocity.

Nothing should ever detract from that unequivocal fact.

We have established that 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 Omabomb

Investigation Team.

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 Omar was imminent.

Not least, an anonymous call on the 4th of August warned that an

attack would be made on police in Omar on the 15th of August, 1998.

I have to tell you that these warnings were not followed up prior to the

bombings.

Now, significant evidential opportunities were most certainly lost

when Special Branch did not share the intelligence with the senior

investigator.

Now this is only one of a number of concerns we have about the conduct of

the inquiry.

We found 360 intelligence records which we say could have relevance to the Irma

bombing.

Of these documents, only 22% have been made available to the investigation

team.

The book logging all terrorist warnings at Irma 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 not possible to say what impact...

taken as a result might have had or whether this action would have prevented

the Omar 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 Oma, 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 Oma bombers

have been significantly reduced.

Mr.

Gallagher.

How do the families feel, Mr. Gallagher?

We lost our sister, Esther Goodson. We have fought this

far and to hear what we have just heard is completely devastating.

Please. I'm waiting for you.

Mr. Breslin.

What? Mr.

Wilson. Mr.

Wilson Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher, please.

Mr. Gallagher.

Mrs.

O'Lan is the first person...

to tell us the full story of the OMA investigation and why there have been no

prosecutions.

And we'd like to thank you 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

Let's go into this.

I do not accept either the broad thrust or most of the detail of the Ombudsman's

criticism.

And any impartial or objective assessment cannot fail to recognize the

high quality of leadership that I have given to the Oman District.

You can have my heart,

but it isn't new.

It's been used and broken, and only comes in blue.

It's been down a long road,

and they've got to...

If you don't mind