Timeline: The long campaign for justice for families of the 1998 Omagh bomb victims

FAMILIES OF THE Omagh bomb victims have travelled a long road in their quest for justice for their loved ones.

A memorial garden is opened in Omagh to remember the victims of the blast, and a monument on the site where the bomb exploded.The judge in the civil trial rules McKevitt, Murphy and two others – Liam Campbell, from Dundalk, and Seamus Daly, from Monaghan – were all liable for the Omagh bomb.A fifth man, Seamus McKenna, from Dundalk, is cleared of liability for the bombing.Murphy is cleared following a retrial, after interview evidence from the Garda is ruled inadmissible.

A bid by Campbell and McKevitt to overturn the civil ruling that found them liable for the Omagh bomb is rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.Relatives of Omagh bomb victims sue PSNI chief constable George Hamilton for investigative failings they believe let the killers escape justice. He travelled to Omagh in December to meet some of the bereaved families and visit the site of the bombing and a nearby memorial garden.Heaton-Harris this afternoon said he intends to establish an independent statutory inquiry into the bombing.

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