Omagh bombing anniversary

[He's here!]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66503382

25 years ago today and still upsetting to read about.

[Pretty Boy]

It's one of those events I can never get my head around, coming so soon after the Provisional IRA ceasefire and Good Friday Agreement, it just seemed totally senseless.

The mindless violence at a time when there should have been so much hope, the lack of convictions and the failure to act on intelligence all make it seem particularly tragic.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

It's a brutal irony that the most savage slaughter of the Troubles made sure that Peace Process had so much support.

[He's here!]

It's one of those events I can never get my head around, coming so soon after the Provisional IRA ceasefire and Good Friday Agreement, it just seemed totally senseless.

The mindless violence at a time when there should have been so much hope, the lack of convictions and the failure to act on intelligence all make it seem particularly tragic.

Yes, I remember being struck by a sense of disbelief when I switched on the news.

[JeMeSouviens]

It's a brutal irony that the most savage slaughter of the Troubles made sure that Peace Process had so much support.

Was going to post something similar. The reaction pretty much strangled the "Real" IRA before it got off the ground, thankfully.

[Keith_M]

Yes, I remember being struck by a sense of disbelief when I switched on the news.


It was really shocking, wasn't it.

[mayo hibee]

Always found this image, taken minutes before the bombing and showing the car that contained the bomb, to be particularly haunting. The photographer was killed, the people in the photo survived.

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/omagh-the-edge-of-darkness/28443663.html