When former Fine Gael Minister Charlie Flanagan told RTÉ earlier this month that he would be in favour of a “parallel” inquiry in this State into the Omagh bombing of 1998, the silence from his erstwhile political colleagues was deafening. Even Sinn Féin, never likely to pass up an opportunity to kick the government, stayed silent.  Flanagan, who served as minister for foreign affairs and later as minister for justice, told RTÉ that “an opportunity had been lost” and his fear now was “that there would be gaps” in the evidence put before the UK government’s inquiry, which started its…

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