Editing Omagh bombing (section)

== Victims' support group ==
The families of the victims of the bomb created the Omagh Support and Self Help Group after the bombing.<ref name="website" /> The organisation is led by Michael Gallagher, whose 21-year-old son, Aidan, was killed in the bombing.<ref name="four">{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/omagh/episode-guide|title=Omagh (Channel 4 Drama)|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=18 February 2009}}</ref> Its website provides over 5,000 newspaper articles, video recordings, audio recordings, and other information sources relating to the events leading up to and following the bombing as well as information about other terrorist attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/UH/free/14577624231621.php |title=Omagh support group launch digital archive |work=The Ulster Herald |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108215747/http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/UH/free/14577624231621.php |archive-date=8 January 2009 }}</ref>

The group's five core objectives are "relief of poverty, sickness, disability of victims", "advancement of education and protection", "raising awareness of needs and experiences of victims, and the effects of terrorism", "welfare rights advice and information", and "improving conditions of life for victims".<ref name="website" /> The group also provides support to victims of [[The troubles#Casualties|other bombings in Ireland]], as well other [[terrorism|terrorist bombings]], such as the [[2004 Madrid train bombings]].<ref name="website">{{cite web|url=http://www.omaghbomb.co.uk|title=Beginnings|publisher=Omagh Support and Self Help Group|access-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124133115/http://www.omaghbomb.co.uk/|archive-date=24 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The group has protested outside meetings of the [[32 County Sovereignty Movement]], an [[Irish republican]] political activist group opposed to the [[Good Friday Agreement]] that the families believe is part of the RIRA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1041038.stm|title=Omagh families' vigil at 'fundraiser'|work=BBC News|date=26 November 2000|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref>

In April 2000, the group argued that the attack breached Article 57 of the [[Geneva Convention]] and stated that they would pursue the alleged bombers using international law.<ref name="courts">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/708084.stm|title=Omagh families head to international courts|work=BBC News|date=10 April 2000|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> Michael Gallagher told [[BBC Radio Ulster]] that, "The republican movement refused to co-operate and those people hold the key to solving this mystery. Because they have difficulty in working with the RUC and Gardaí, we can't get justice."<ref name="courts" /> In January 2002, Gallagher told BBC News that, "There is such a deeply-held sense of frustration and depression" and called the [[anti-terrorist]] legislation passed in the wake of the Omagh bombing "ineffective".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1776332.stm|title=Living with the Omagh legacy|work=BBC News|date=22 January 2002|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> He expressed support for the controversial ''Panorama'' programme, stating that it reminded "people that what happened in Omagh is still capable of happening in other towns".<ref name="justice" />

In February 2002, Prime Minister Tony Blair declined a written request by the group to meet with him at [[Downing Street]]. Group members accused the Prime Minister of ignoring concerns about the police's handling of the bombing investigation.<ref name="snub" /> A Downing Street spokesman stated that, "The Prime Minister of course understands the relatives' concerns, but [he] believes that a meeting with the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office is the right place to air their concerns at this stage."<ref name="snub">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/feb/17/northernireland.northernireland|title=Fury as Blair snubs Omagh families|work=The Guardian|date=17 February 2002|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref>

The death of Adrian Gallagher, along with the experiences of his father Michael and those of other families in the Omagh Support and Self Help Group formed the story of the television film ''[[Omagh (film)|Omagh]]'', a [[Channel 4]]-[[RTÉ]] co-production.<ref name="four" /> Film-maker [[Paul Greengrass]] stated "the families of the Omagh Support and Self Help Group have been in the public eye throughout the last five years, pursuing a legal campaign, shortly to come before the courts, with far-reaching implications for all of us and it feels the right moment for them to be heard, to bring their story to a wider audience so we can all understand the journey they have made."<ref name="four" /> In promotion for the film, Channel 4 stated that the group had pursued "a patient, determined, indomitable campaign to bring those responsible for the bomb to justice, and to hold to account politicians and police on both sides of the border who promised so much in the immediate aftermath of the atrocity but who in the families' eyes have delivered all too little."<ref name="four" />