Enniskillen families call for Catholic Church to settle bomb memorial

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Families of those killed in the Enniskillen Bomb have called on the Head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to step in, in the ongoing row over a memorial. 

Last November, a plaque was unveiled in the town marking the 30th anniversary of the atrocity that killed 12 people and injured 63. 

Following the commemorative event, the memorial was taken down and put in to storage because proposed plans to place it at the Clinton Centre were rejected by St. Michael's Diocesan Trust who owns the land. 

On Friday, Monsigner Peter O'Reilly told Q Radio the size and scale of the proposed construction poses "insurmountable" problems for access there.

Kenny Donaldson, the Director at victims and survivors group SEFF (South East Fermanagh Foundation) has been speaking to Q Radio about the calls made today: 

Stephen Gault's father died in the bombing, and he's told Q Radio the row has brought back the trauma of the event.

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