Omagh Page #5

Those men answering

to their crimes

in a court of law.

That's right.

Yeah, but they're just

not responding.

And you know Victor Barker?

He's English.

He lost his son.

Do you know what he does?

He sends letters to the British

Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

And then he gets

these personal replies saying,

"Dear Victor,

best regards to the family.

Yours ever, Tony."

That's great, isn't it?

It's lovely.

Then he starts to ask questions,

and he wants meetings.

Then he gets a reply

from his secretary,

and then he gets a reply from

an assistant to the secretary.

It's ridiculous.

Hello?

No, I'm sorry.

Can I take a message?

He finally gets so angry,

he sends a photo of his son

over to Tony Blair,

blown up.

It's a terrible picture.

Absolutely.

And do you know what they did?

They lost it.

I swear to God, they lost it.

Is it any wonder the families

are so angry?

Is it any wonder?

All we're asking for here

is that the governments

pay attention

to the promises they make.

Look, John,

just hang on a second.

I'll talk to you later.

Bye-bye.

That was someone from the BBC.

I know this is difficult.

They're doing

a "Panorama" program,

and they want to talk

to you about it.

I know it's difficult

with the phones going nonstop.

The "Belfast Telegraph" rang,

and that interview's at 4:00.

Don't.

Hello?

Stanley, I'm in the middle

of something now.

I'll give you a call

in 5 minutes, okay? Bye.

I can't do this anymore.

But we have to know

what happened.

I know what happened.

I know what happened.

Someone killed Aiden.

That's what happened.

And I don't care about why.

Or what or how.

Any of it.

All I want to know

is that he's at peace.

And that's it.

That's all.

We can't stop now.

We've only just started.

Hello?

Their legacy is carnage.

Carnage that was indiscriminate

in every way.

and babies were killed.

The bombers were former members

of the Provisional IRA

who opposed their cease-fire.

Liam Campbell lives

in a comfortable house

just a few yards

inside the Irish Republic.

According to

intelligence sources,

he's the so-called officer

commanding the Real IRA.

There are two mobile phones

whose records

on the day of the bombing

are of special interest.

One of these two phones belonged

to this man,

Colm Murphy.

He said he handed over both his

mobile and his foreman's mobile

to another builder.

That builder was Seamus Daly.

We spotted Colm Murphy arriving

at this building in Dundalk,

which is where

we caught up with him.

I wonder

if you could explain to me

why it is that you gave

your mobile telephone

and the mobile telephone

of your foreman

to Seamus Daly on the eve

of the Omagh bombing.

I didn't give my phone

to anybody.

Despite the fact that the police

on both sides of the Irish

border know the identities

of those they believe

to have been the bombers,

there is no immediate prospect

of charges.

The absence of prosecutions

is an increasing burden

for the families

of the Omagh bombing.

Hello?

Smoke?

No, I don't.

Could you tell me who you are?

As far as you're concerned,

my name's Kevin Fulton.

You said you were in the IRA?

So, do you know

any of these names?

You're missing McKevitt.

Micky McKevitt.

He's the one who organized it.

He was the quartermaster.

He looked after the weapons

and all the explosives.

He walked out on the IRA

after Adams and McGuiness signed

the Good Friday Agreement.

He took Campbell

and the others with him

and set up the Real IRA.

They're not the 'Ra.

They hate the IRA.

For selling out,

for Good Friday,

for giving up the arms struggle.

So, why did you ring me?

To tell you you're not asking

the right question.

But what is the right question?

You don't get it, do you?

They knew.

They knew about the bomb.

How?

How did they know?

'Cause I was working for them

all along.

The Army, MI5, RUC.

Told them myself.

I was a mole.

I don't understand.

I had a contact in the Real IRA.

He told me

there was something big on.

Something spectacular.

So I met my RUC handler,

and I told him.

Two days later, Omagh.

But surely,

they would've done something.

Why did they not try to stop it?

Did you see any Army checkpoints

in Omagh that day?

Were there any soldiers

on the street?

No, please, please.

Look, we need help.

It's very confusing, all this.

Be careful with that list.

Accusations by former

British spy Kevin Fulton

that the intelligence community

knew in advance

about the Omagh bombing

have embarrassed

the security services

and raised questions about the

failure to bring prosecutions.

There have been calls for the

allegations to be investigated

by the Police Ombudsman.

Stanley?

It's me.

It's all over the papers,

Michael.

If this is true...

They're gonna have to

answer some questions now.

They can't ignore this.

We should call a meeting.

I'm still away in the South.

I've a wee bit more to do.

- Take care, Michael.

- I will.

Come on in.

Pleased to meet you.

My name is John White.

Mr. White.

Well, I'll leave you

to talk for a while.

Okay.

Thanks, Father.

Come through.

Have you heard of the Garda's

National Surveillance Unit?

No, I haven't.

Well, we're a secret department.

We were keeping tabs

on the Real IRA

for the Irish government.

I was working there

when the bomb went off.

I had a source in the Real IRA

and a good one.

He got them their cars.

Stole them, you know.

Anyway, we knew

that a car with a bomb

was going to be driven

to the border.

So what happened?

I was told

they were gonna let it go.

What, deliberately?

They said

they were gonna let it go.

Why?

Why would they do that?

Oh, protecting the informants.

Maybe they thought a big bomb

would discredit the Real IRA,

get them out of the picture.

Maybe they just didn't

think it through.

No one would get killed.

Maybe they just f***ed up.

the machine gets lazy, you know?

Look, Michael, I'm not saying

lots of honest people, police,

didn't try their best.

They did.

But there won't be

any prosecutions.

Not for Omagh.

Ah, no.

There have to be.

We have to keep the pressure on.

Listen.

If you ask me...

they made a deal.

Put the guns down,

declare a cease-fire,

and we won't prosecute.

You're in the way

of the Peace Process, Michael.

And nothing...

Nothing is gonna be allowed

to do that.

My God.

My God.

Cathy, what are you doing home?

It's the end of term.

Oh, yeah, right.

You knew I was coming home.

I phoned you.

Oh, yes, I did.

Sorry.

Where's Mummy?

She's upstairs.

Ah, well,

she's better off sleeping.

She won't get out of bed.

She never goes out.

She has these days, you know.

Who looks after her?

- Sharon.

- Sharon?

Yeah.

Sharon comes over.

Look, we're doing okay.

Your mummy likes to be

on her own, doesn't she?

- It's true.

- It's not true!

She's too sad to get up.

And you're just as bad.

Who's looking after you?

I'm all right.

- You look terrible.

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