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