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| | CAIN: Events: Peace: Statement issued by the Irish Government in response to the Omagh Bomb, 19 August 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The Government is in no doubt that the Omagh bombing was intended as a direct attack on the Good Friday Agreement and on the principles of democracy itself. |
 | | The assurances that the Government, for its part, want to provide are, first, that we will do everything in our power to crush violence and, second, that atrocities like Omagh will never, never blunt the absolute determination of the people of this island to live together in peace. |
 | | The Government believes that these measures, together with the very extensive measures and co-operation already in place, will significantly improve the capacity of the Garda Síochána to deal decisively with those who organised and carried out the merciless attack in Omagh and those organisations which engage in violence. |
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