Sunday, August 16, 1998

Relatives of those people still unaccounted for wait at the leisure centre overnight.

Midday - The identity of the 28th victim who died on the day is revealed. (Sixty-one-year Sean McGrath would die a month later from injuries suffered in the blast.)

British prime minister Tony Blair, president Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, US president Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth and local politicians all voice their condemnation.

Sinn Féin leaders including Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness also condemn the attack - the first time they had unequivocally denounced a republican paramilitary bombing

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