Clinton meets survivors of Omagh bombing
Former United States president Bill Clinton met survivors and victims’ relatives of the Omagh bomb outrage today.
He held a private meeting with families on the outskirts of the town on his way to have a new peace project named after him because of his work for the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Some of the relatives whom he met at the Ulster American Folk park are heavily involved in a fund raising campaign to take a civil court action against the men suspected of involvement in the August 1998 bombing which left 29 people dead.
One man is to stand trial in Dublin accused by detectives investigating the attack of plotting to cause an explosion, but nobody belonging to the so-called Real IRA has been charged with the murders.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was among those killed, is pressing for the court action.
Before his meeting with Mr Clinton today he said: "We’ve raised £250,000 so far, but we need the same amount again."
Mr Clinton, accompanied by daughter Chelsea, later travelled to Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, location for a new William Jefferson Clinton international peace centre.
It is on the site of close to the town’s cenotaph where 11 people were killed in the l987 Remembrance Day bombing by the IRA.
Mr Clinton was also due to meet survivors and victims’ relatives of that outrage.
Tonight, in Belfast, Mr Clinton is to be awarded an honorary degree by Queen’s University, again for his work in the peace process.
