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Fury Over Claim That Omagh
Bomb Warnings Were Ignored

By Brendan Anderson, Contributor
February / March 2002

February 1, 2002 by </a> By Brendan Anderson, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2002-archive/february-march-2002/">February / March 2002</a> Leave a Comment

A report on the Omagh atrocity has heavily criticized the controversial Special Branch of the Northern Irish police force for allegedly failing to act on an informer's warning that dissident republicans intended to launch an attack in the County Tyrone town. A wave of disgust greeted the news that the warning had been received 11 days before the massive Real IRA bomb ripped the … [Read more...] about Fury Over Claim That Omagh
Bomb Warnings Were Ignored

November 30, 1667

On this day in 1667, Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. Swift made a successful career as a satirist, essayist, poet and clergyman. His most famous works include “Gulliver’s Travels,” “Drapier’s Letters,” “The Battle of the Books,” and “A Modest Proposal,” which satirical poked fun at the English approach to the Irish, claiming that impoverished Irishmen could alleviate their troubles by selling their children for food. Swift would later become Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

Fury Over Claim That Omagh
Bomb Warnings Were Ignored

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