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Interview with Stanley McCombe, Michael Gallagher and Kevin Skelton by Wendy Austin for BBC Radio Ulster Talkback on 12 September 2013

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Audio interview with Stanley McCombe (widower of Ann McCombe, an Omagh bomb victim), Michael Gallagher (father of Aidan Gallagher, an Omagh bomb victim) and Kevin Skelton (widower of Philomena Skelton, an Omagh bomb victim) by Wendy Austin for BBC Radio Ulster Talkback on 12 September 2013. Earlier that day Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers announced that there would be no cross-border public enquiry into the Omagh bombing. McCombe, Gallagher and Skelton respond to Villiers’ statement and discuss the potential outcome of the Haass talks. Talkback is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily afternoon phone-in programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 September 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Stanley McCombe

Name of Second Interviewee: Michael Gallagher

Name of Third Interviewee: Kevin Skelton

Role at time of Interview: Stanley McCombe (widower of Ann McCombe, an Omagh bomb victim), Michael Gallagher (father of Aidan Gallagher, an Omagh bomb victim), Kevin Skelton (widower of Philomena Skelton, an Omagh bomb victim)

Interviewer: Wendy Austin

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster Talkback

Time Period covered: 2013

Key Individuals: Stanley McCombe, Michael Gallagher, Kevin Skelton, Theresa Villiers, Nuala O’Loan, Norman Baxter

Key Words: Omagh bombing, intelligence, public enquiry, victim, Amnesty International, Real IRA, British government, legacy, family, Castlederg, An Garda Síochána, Haass talks

 

 

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