Flanagan and O'Loan to have talks with Police Board
The North’s Police Board is due to meet chief constable Ronnie Flanagan and Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan today to discuss the row sparked by the latter’s damning report into the Omagh investigation.
With Mr Flanagan and Ms O’Loan in total disagreement about the report and its recommendations, the Police Board is expected to be tasked with making the difficult decisions about how to progress with the Omagh inquiry.
Ms O’Loan has recommended an independent police officer be appointed to oversee the investigation, but Mr Flanagan has rejected this proposal.
Both the Government and the SDLP have expressed support for Ms O’Loan and have backed her calls for the appointment of an independent policeman to the Omagh inquiry team.
The Ulster Unionists have refused to endorse what they described as a "police witch-hunt".
The Omagh relatives have withheld their support from the chief constable and have said the RUC still has many questions to answer about the investigation into the 1998 bombing.
However, they said they don’t want the deaths of their relatives to become a political football.
