20 August 1998 Edition
Dúirt siad...
These people had little support to begin with. I hope they have none after Omagh and that they do a service to all they hold dear by never raising their heads again.
Danny Morrison, The Examiner, Monday 17 August
I have seen some terrible sights in the past 30 years, but Omagh, in a particular way and possibly because it has come in the middle of ceasefires and news of other ceasefires last week, is deeply shocking. It has rocked us all back to the reality that whilst we have a peace process, we have not yet achieved peace in our society.
Mitchel McLaughlin, The Examiner, Monday, 17 August.
This is what the people of Omagh now face. No mater what peace is brought by the Good Friday Agreement, for the people of Omagh it is now too late.
President Mary McAleese, The Examiner, Monday 17 August
The only way to prevent further Omaghs is to make the Belfast Agreement work. Talking at Stormont is preferable to weeping over graves in Co. Tyrone.
Tim Pat Coogan, The Irish Times, Tuesday, 18 August.
Internment without trial means jailing people without evidence. It is the negation of the rule of law and would inevitably mean that innocent people would be put in prison.
ICCL Co-chairperson Michael Farrell, The Examiner, 18 August
You represent nobody but your own misguided selves, you share in none of the republican objectives which aim to unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter and to achieve justice, peace and equality.
INC Chairman Robert Ballagh, The Examiner, Tuesday, 18 August.
The message of this bomb, placed in the midst of a cross-community peace festival, was that attempts at reconciliation are not to be entertained.
John Waters, The Irish Times, Tuesday, 18 August.
It is hard to live with the fact that the endorsement by five-sixths of the Irish people of a settlement of the Northern Ireland problem has been followed by the worst atrocity in 30 bloody years of its history.
Garret Fitzgerald, The Irish Times, Tuesday 18 August
Internment was used in the past and was shown to have serius difficulties. I'm not a supporter of internment but I say to you that it was an option that I would clearly consider if I thought it was a good idea....but I don't.
Mo Mowlam, The Irish Times, 18 August
There will be anger at the politicians. `How can you let it happen?' It is understandable. We must absorb it and listen to it, but we must not lose our nerve.
Tony Blair, The Irish News, Tuesday, 18 August
Here is a case where Catholics, Protestants, and foreign visitors have been murdered by our own people and it's all the more reason why we must have a national day of mourning.
Don Mullan, author of ``Eyewitness Bloody Sunday''. Irish Independent , Tuesday, 18 August
Omagh has to be the last event.
Bertie Ahern. Tuesday, 18 August
We now accept that in the light of the referendum and the clearly expressed wish of the people on this island there is now no basis for the continuation of the armed struggle by Irish republicans.
From a statement issued by the IRSP on Monday, 17 August
Danny Morrison, The Examiner, Monday 17 August
I have seen some terrible sights in the past 30 years, but Omagh, in a particular way and possibly because it has come in the middle of ceasefires and news of other ceasefires last week, is deeply shocking. It has rocked us all back to the reality that whilst we have a peace process, we have not yet achieved peace in our society.
Mitchel McLaughlin, The Examiner, Monday, 17 August.
This is what the people of Omagh now face. No mater what peace is brought by the Good Friday Agreement, for the people of Omagh it is now too late.
President Mary McAleese, The Examiner, Monday 17 August
The only way to prevent further Omaghs is to make the Belfast Agreement work. Talking at Stormont is preferable to weeping over graves in Co. Tyrone.
Tim Pat Coogan, The Irish Times, Tuesday, 18 August.
Internment without trial means jailing people without evidence. It is the negation of the rule of law and would inevitably mean that innocent people would be put in prison.
ICCL Co-chairperson Michael Farrell, The Examiner, 18 August
You represent nobody but your own misguided selves, you share in none of the republican objectives which aim to unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter and to achieve justice, peace and equality.
INC Chairman Robert Ballagh, The Examiner, Tuesday, 18 August.
The message of this bomb, placed in the midst of a cross-community peace festival, was that attempts at reconciliation are not to be entertained.
John Waters, The Irish Times, Tuesday, 18 August.
It is hard to live with the fact that the endorsement by five-sixths of the Irish people of a settlement of the Northern Ireland problem has been followed by the worst atrocity in 30 bloody years of its history.
Garret Fitzgerald, The Irish Times, Tuesday 18 August
Internment was used in the past and was shown to have serius difficulties. I'm not a supporter of internment but I say to you that it was an option that I would clearly consider if I thought it was a good idea....but I don't.
Mo Mowlam, The Irish Times, 18 August
There will be anger at the politicians. `How can you let it happen?' It is understandable. We must absorb it and listen to it, but we must not lose our nerve.
Tony Blair, The Irish News, Tuesday, 18 August
Here is a case where Catholics, Protestants, and foreign visitors have been murdered by our own people and it's all the more reason why we must have a national day of mourning.
Don Mullan, author of ``Eyewitness Bloody Sunday''. Irish Independent , Tuesday, 18 August
Omagh has to be the last event.
Bertie Ahern. Tuesday, 18 August
We now accept that in the light of the referendum and the clearly expressed wish of the people on this island there is now no basis for the continuation of the armed struggle by Irish republicans.
From a statement issued by the IRSP on Monday, 17 August