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08/08/2003
Government gives financial backing to Omagh victims
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy has announced plans to provide £800,000 to the families of the Omagh bomb victims in their fight to bring those responsible to justice.
Only one person, Colm Murphy, has been convicted in connection to the Real IRA blast which killed 29 people in August 1998.
In a statement today, Mr Murphy said: "I have been working for many months with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Constitutional Affairs to try to find ways of helping the Omagh families with the funding of their legal case.
"While I recognise the legal constraints and complexities, I have always believed that this is an exceptional case and the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland and beyond want to see the families bring it to court.
"The magnificent scale of the financial donations from the public to date supports that view."
Today's announcement follows yesterday's sentencing of alleged Real IRA leader, Michael McKevitt who was jailed for 20 years for directing terrorism in the Irish Republic.
Mr McKevitt is one of the men who have been served writs by solicitors acting on behalf of the Omagh Victims' Civil Action Group who are seeking £10m in damages.
(MB)
Only one person, Colm Murphy, has been convicted in connection to the Real IRA blast which killed 29 people in August 1998.
In a statement today, Mr Murphy said: "I have been working for many months with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Constitutional Affairs to try to find ways of helping the Omagh families with the funding of their legal case.
"While I recognise the legal constraints and complexities, I have always believed that this is an exceptional case and the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland and beyond want to see the families bring it to court.
"The magnificent scale of the financial donations from the public to date supports that view."
Today's announcement follows yesterday's sentencing of alleged Real IRA leader, Michael McKevitt who was jailed for 20 years for directing terrorism in the Irish Republic.
Mr McKevitt is one of the men who have been served writs by solicitors acting on behalf of the Omagh Victims' Civil Action Group who are seeking £10m in damages.
(MB)
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