http://oconallstreet.com/2007/12/20/the-tragedy-of-omagh/ Borderless thoughts on Politics, Public Affairs, the media and anything else that matters from Conall McDevitt, SDLP MLA for South Belfast Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:24:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://oconallstreet.com/2007/12/20/the-tragedy-of-omagh/comment-page-1/#comment-404 O’Conall Street » Blog Archive » Flanagan doorsteped - old fasioned journalism still gets results Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:17:30 +0000 http://oconallstreet.com/2007/12/20/the-tragedy-of-omagh/#comment-404 [...] evaded interview since the collapse of Sean Hoey’s trial in December, Channel 4 and Victor Barker’s persistence paid off [...] [...] evaded interview since the collapse of Sean Hoey’s trial in December, Channel 4 and Victor Barker’s persistence paid off [...]

]]> http://oconallstreet.com/2007/12/20/the-tragedy-of-omagh/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Blogging from the Bog :: From OJ to Omagh :: December :: 2007 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:38:04 +0000 http://oconallstreet.com/2007/12/20/the-tragedy-of-omagh/#comment-149 [...]    We saw live television coverage of the OJ Simpson trial in 1995 and even with lorry loads of evidence the Prosecutors could not secure a conviction.  Simpson had his day in court (all 133 of them) within about six months of the crimes he was accused of.  Three years later on the 15th of August 1998 the car bombing of Omagh took place with the loss to our land of 29 souls.  It was not until three years later that the Northern Ireland authorities brought their first suspect to trial for this obscenity, his guilty verdict was subsequently overturned because the RUC (at the time) had fabricated evidence!  Ten years after the bombing a second defendant was brought before the judicial system on such flimsy evidence that the judge had to publically admonish the prosecuting team for their incompetence.  There are no other suspects awaiting trial in this case, and much to the heartache of the victim’s families and friends, it will be a hard road if they have to begin the investigation all over again.  Read O’Conall Street’s post. [...] [...]    We saw live television coverage of the OJ Simpson trial in 1995 and even with lorry loads of evidence the Prosecutors could not secure a conviction.  Simpson had his day in court (all 133 of them) within about six months of the crimes he was accused of.  Three years later on the 15th of August 1998 the car bombing of Omagh took place with the loss to our land of 29 souls.  It was not until three years later that the Northern Ireland authorities brought their first suspect to trial for this obscenity, his guilty verdict was subsequently overturned because the RUC (at the time) had fabricated evidence!  Ten years after the bombing a second defendant was brought before the judicial system on such flimsy evidence that the judge had to publically admonish the prosecuting team for their incompetence.  There are no other suspects awaiting trial in this case, and much to the heartache of the victim’s families and friends, it will be a hard road if they have to begin the investigation all over again.  Read O’Conall Street’s post. [...]

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