International Co-operation (Omagh Bombing Inquiry) Bill 2026: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-19
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

I want to lend my support to these amendments. For too long, families, victims and survivors of the Troubles have not received answers and have not received transparency around what happened to their loved ones, and this has often been under the guise of security reasons. We are so many years on now from these awful tragedies. Remaining family members, especially those fathers and mothers who lost children and are in their twilight years, deserve accountability and they deserve justice while they are still alive. We cannot keep harking back to the days of old where vague obfuscation was provided for why justice and answers could not brought to the victims.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-19