Northern Ireland: Omagh Bombing Inquiry dismisses Northern Ireland Office application for junior civil servant redaction – Fergal McGoldrick

Northern Ireland: Omagh Bombing Inquiry dismisses Northern Ireland Office application for junior civil servant redaction – Fergal McGoldrick

On Tuesday 3 June the Omagh Bombing Inquiry delivered a Ruling on a redaction application by the Northern Ireland Office, as well as providing an outline of how it would treat the issue of the potential redaction of suspect identities.  The NIO’s application sought to impose blanket redaction on the names of junior civil servants in documents disclosed by the NIO to the Inquiry, which were then to be disclosed by the Inquiry to Core Participants…