Republic of Ireland agrees deal on sharing material with inquiry

The Irish government has agreed to a cooperation agreement with Omagh’s bombing investigation.

A memorandum of understanding (Mou), which was expected, signed a cabinet meeting in Dublin.

Twenty -nine people, including a woman who expect twins, He died in the true attack of 1998, which took place of the Irish Republic.

The MOU will allow access to research to the material held by the Irish government.

The Secretary of Investigation, Sam Hartley, welcomed the agreement.

“This formal agreement marks a significant step to allow investigation to access the material, information and assistance of the government and agencies in Ireland,” he said.

“The agreements of this nature are not common in consultations.

“On behalf of the investigation, I express my gratitude to the Ireland government for its repeated commitment to help research.”

The relatives of some victims, however, had I wanted Dublin to establish a parallel investigation In his own jurisdiction.

They believe it is the only way to guarantee the complete dissemination of information and force witnesses based in Ireland to provide evidence.

The bomb that devastated the center of the city of Omagh in August 1998 was the greatest individual atrocity in the history of problems in Northern Ireland.

Less than three months arrived after the people of Northern Ireland voted to the agreement on Good Friday.

Three days after the attack, Real Ira issued a statement that demanded responsibility for the explosion.

He apologized to the “civil” victims and said his goals had been commercial.

Almost 27 years later, no one has condemned the leg to carry out the murders by a criminal court.

In 2009, a judge ruled that four men: Michael McKevitt, Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly were responsible for the Omagh bomb.

The four men were ordered to pay a total of £ 1.6 million in damages to the relatives, but the appeals against the ruling delayed the compensation process.

A fifth man, Seamus McKenna, was acquired in civil action and then died in a ceiling accident in 2013.

After years of campaign by relatives, public investigation was established to examine whether the true attack of anger could have been avoided by the United Kingdom authorities.

This phase of the investigation was to listen to powerful individual testimonies of relatives who lost their loved ones in the explosion.

The bombers planned and launched the attack of the Republic of Ireland and the Irish government has promised to cooperate with the investigation.

However, the relatives of the victims wanted the Irish government to order their own separate public investigation.

Dublin previously indicated that there was no new evidence to deserve such movement.

On Wednesday, Greaney said that the members of the research team had with officials of the Irish government on several occasions, more recently on February 5.

He said he believed that outstanding problems revealing information had narrowed.

He said they were waiting for a substantive response, but it was understood that a memorandum would be signed in March subject to the Irish government approach.

Research cannot force anyone from outside the United Kingdom to give evidence.