The inquiry has now risen until the week commencing 23 June.

That concludes our live coverage for today.

Today's live page was written by Finn Purdy, Abigail Taylor, and Catherine Moore. It was edited by Conor Neeson.

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The final chapter will look at subsequent attacks.

Evidence will be heard about earlier attacks which were or could have been perpetrated by those behind the Omagh bombing.

He says it is understood over 30 attacks would fall under this category.

He says this chapter will explore when authorities could or should have established the links and identified those responsible.

He says the next chapter of the inquiry will explore evidence about what happened on the day of the Omagh bombing.

This will be done to understand who was involved in the bombing and how it was perpetrated.

This includes; the constituent parts of the bomb, where the car came from, the use of codes words and scientific evidence gathered.

The purpose will be to identify features in common with other attacks.

Paul Greaney KC says that members of the inquiry team have met with officials from the Irish government on several occasions to discuss a draft memorandum of understanding on the disclosure of potentially relevant Irish state materials.

He says that the outstanding issues between the inquiry and the Irish government on a framework for disclosure "have narrowed".

He says that he understands that Irish officials intend the memorandum to be signed in March subject to the approval of the Irish Government,

Paul Greaney KC says: “People have revisited memories that have been shut away or suppressed but these hearings have been important because we believe that they have placed those who died, their families and so many others affected by the bombing at the heart of this process.

“That is what needed to happen, and we believe it has happened.”

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The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has concluded the commemorative and personal statement hearings.

Counsel Paul Greaney KC says the evidence had been painful, and many tears had been shed, but victims and survivors had been placed at the heart of the process.

“We said we intended to commemorate publicly each person who was murdered in the bombing and then hear the personal statements of those who are injured or otherwise directly affected by the attack," he says.

“We said that we wanted to shine a bright light on the terrible consequences of the Omagh bombing and to understand the impact on both individuals and the community.

“We hope and we believe that aim has been accomplished."

John McClaughry is speaking again.

He says he thanks the chairperson for the way he has conducted the inquiry.

He says: "The empathy you have shown is setting a benchmark on how victims should be treated, and you should be congratulated for that."

She continues reading that the Omagh bomb was the largest single atrocity in over 30 years of violence.

She adds the bomb took place four months after the Good Friday Agreement.

"In the years that followed, people in Omagh sought to rebuild their lives...and create a new future."

Ms McCullagh reads that "regardless of the past every new day dawn has a gift laden with its own new possibilities".

"All those who helped and brought consolation are... remembered at the heart of our town."

Continuing to read from the inscription, Ms McCullagh says that on the evening of the bombing a "great silence descended on the town".

"People walked with each other in the companionship of grief as funeral followed funeral."

A panel which helped in deciding the memorial inscription set it out "more eloquently", she says.

Reading from it, she says: "The events of the day, its aftermath but also its exhortation to hope and the promise of each new day."

She says the inscription notes the weather was some of the best that Omagh had seen but in one fateful moment it was all changed forever.

"Lives were shattered and hearts were broken."

She notes that the permanent memorial includes the pillar of light on the site of the bomb with a large cut glass heart.

She says this pillar links the bomb site to the memorial garden.

She says the garden includes a reflecting pool and 31 mirrors, one of each of those who died.

She says following discussions with those involved, it was agreed that the council would be involved for the first five years of commemorations and that then they would develop an inclusive process by which a permanent memorial would be built for the ten year anniversary in 2008.

She says it was agreed that the memorial garden had to be both close enough to the bomb site but also far enough away for those who could not visit the actual site.

She says an appropriate area was identified.

"Commemoration can be a challenging concept."

She says the council experienced this in the immediate aftermath and as they prepared a permanent memorial.

The scale of destruction was significant and the site clearance was challenging and painstaking.

She says: "There was a sense of grief. loss and trauma."

She says that while some of the staff involved in the response have now retired, many are still employees.

She says it is fitting to thank them and recognise their efforts.

She says that there was no recognition needed or thanks for the work that they did.

"They certainly went above and beyond their normal roles and acquitted themselves with distinction."

She adds that two years later council staff again provided assistance to those returning to Omagh Leisure Centre for the inquest.

She says the council had a central role in facilitating the arrangements for a memorial service on the 22 August 1998, in which tens of thousands of people attended the town to stand in solidarity with the victims.

She says by necessity the work was reactive and difficult to predict.

But she says there was "clarity of purpose and shared resolve".