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Evening Standard
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Jonathan McCambridge

Government approach to Omagh bomb hearing ‘risks undermining public confidence’

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is holding a public hearing in Belfast (Omagh Bombing Inquiry/PA) -

The UK Government has risked “undermining public confidence” in its approach to a hearing of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, its chairman has been told.

Counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney KC told a hearing in Belfast that it was “highly unfortunate” that legal papers relating to the redaction of names were received on the evening before the public session.

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