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Row over Omagh memorial plans
RELATIVES of the Omagh bomb victims stood yesterday in silent memory of those killed in the massacre - amid growing anxiety over next year's milestone anniversary.
Nine years after the August 15, 1998, terrorist strike which left 29 dead and hundreds more injured, the annual service drew families, friends and government representatives from Ireland, Britain and Spain.
But the row over a planned memorial stone and a redesigned memorial garden in time for the 10th anniversary continues to cast a long shadow.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden died in the bombing atrocity, said yesterday: "We are concerned that our views are not going to be listened to, and we will not get the appropriate memorial created that the families feel comfortable with.
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