Omagh (2004 TV Movie)

Gerard McSorley: Michael Gallagher

Quotes 

• Michael Gallagher : There's Catholics in this room, and Protestants, and Mormons - Marion's here - and some of us believe in God, and now maybe some of us have no God.

  Michael Gallagher : But I can tell you this, we're not going to get anywhere unless we do it together. That's the truth of the matter.

  [crowd: Here, here] 

• Michael Gallagher : [on meeting Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein leader]  Where's Lawrence? Stanley wouldn't come on principle, nor Godfrey or Ann Wilson. We should have spoken to the others at the very least, Lawrence. You didn't handle this right, you're gonna upset the whole group.

  Laurence Rush : Are you coming or not? Gerry Adams is in a room there. And he's gonna have to face ME.

• Michael Gallagher : [on meeting Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein leader]  Mr Adams, my brother was murdered by an IRA gunman in 1984. No witnesses came forward for that either. So they got away. I agree with you - let's put the past behind us. That was my brother then. But this is my son now. The war is supposed to be over. You say you want to build a new Northern Ireland. A peaceful Northern Ireland. But how can we build a peaceful Northern Ireland unless you help us bring his killers to justice?

• Michael Gallagher : [final scene, addressing the media pack]  The day our loved ones lost their lives and our families were torn apart, we were told that everything would be done to bring their killers to justice. To learn today that they have failed us, before the bomb, after the bomb, and are still failing us now. To have that knowledge, however distressing, however shocking means that we can at last move forward. I would like to announce today that we will be pursuing our own legal action against the Real IRA. Against those who support and fund it. And those who are responsible for this dreadful atrocity. But more than that: we would like to call into account the security forces, and the police, and the politicians in London, Belfast, and Dublin. They have promised us so much but have so far singularly failed to deliver. We speak not just for ourselves. We speak for the victims of terrorism of whatever tradition. And all those victims of terror wherever it happens. We will not go away. We will not be quiet. We will not be forgotten.