The chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry Lord Turnbull was told that anyone who had listened to the commemorative and personal statements over the past four weeks would understand why his task of determining whether the attack could have been prevented is crucial.
Concluding the proceedings, Mr Greaney said the inquiry had met with officials from the Irish Government on several occasions to discuss contents of a draft memorandum of understanding focused on disclosure of potentially relevant Irish state materials to the inquiry.
Evidence from victims’ families and survivors of the Omagh bombing has shone a “bright light on the terrible consequences” of the Real IRA massacre, a public inquiry has heard.
After the final witnesses were heard on Wednesday, counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney KC said the evidence had often been difficult to hear.
He said: “We said we intended to commemorate publicly each person who was murdered in the bombing and then hear the personal statements of those who were injured or otherwise directly affected by the attack.
