The true story of a father’s search for justice.

Peter Travis’s vibrant and emotionally rich drama examines the tragic events and appalling aftermath caused by the bomb that devastated the Northern Ireland town of Omagh in August of 1998. Suspenseful, moving and immediately relevant to current affairs, Omagh tells Northern Ireland’s bloody history from the point of view of its true victims – ordinary people caught between the militants. It shows people who refuse to be beaten, and stands as a monument to those who died.

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A very difficult film to watch especially in the early stages as we watch everyday people just like you and I going about their daily business and we know that some of these people are about to be the victim of a car bomb. Some will lose their life, others will lose body parts, others will have physical scars, some will lose family members and friends and all will be emotionally scared for the rest of their lives.

It is a film that needs to be seen in light of what is going on in other countries on a daily basis. This story examines just one bombing and the tragedy it causes, try and multiply this tragedy by 1000s and you have the magnitude of what is currently happening across the world.

The positive from this story is that Northern Ireland suffered decades of violence and blood shed in the form of terrorist acts and it has hopefully now found peace. I hope the same will be found in other lands across this world of ours.