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PM to meet Omagh bomb relatives Brown Omagh bomb meeting 'heated'
(about 11 hours later)
The prime minister is to meet Omagh bomb families at Downing Street on Wednesday afternoon. A meeting between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Omagh bomb families has been described as "heated".
They will discuss claims in a BBC programme that the intelligence agency, GCHQ, did not pass on information that could have helped in the investigation. They discussed claims in a BBC programme that intelligence agency, GCHQ, did not pass on information that could have helped in the investigation.
In January, the Intelligence Services Commissioner said he found no evidence that information held by GCHQ could have prevented the August 1998 bomb. Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aiden in the bombing, said the meeting had been "quite heated" at times.
The families meeting Mr Brown have said they are unimpressed with his report. "We made our views very clear. We felt the Government, the police service had failed the Omagh families," he said.
Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aidan in the atrocity, said: "He did not address the central part of the Panorama programme which asked why all available information was not passed on." "In particular the Panorama programme raised questions that we felt Sir Peter and his review didn't answer."
Mr Gallagher also said they would be discussing with Mr Brown their civil action against the five men they suspect were responsible for the bombing. But Mr Gallagher also said the Prime Minister "was very generous".
"He said that he didn't see any possibility of any criminal prosecutions - he would be prepared to change the law if he felt it would help - but felt that it wouldn't help," he said.
In January, the Intelligence Services Commissioner, Sir Peter Gibson, said he found no evidence that information held by GCHQ could have prevented the August 1998 bomb.
Twenty-nine people were killed when a Real IRA car bomb exploded in the town.Twenty-nine people were killed when a Real IRA car bomb exploded in the town.