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  • The seven coffins of the McEhill family are removed for burial after requiem mass today in OmaghOmagh unites in grief for house fire victims

    15:13 Omagh was united in grief today as a funeral service was held for the family of seven killed in a horrific house fire last month. The Co Tyrone town which has known so much grief was at a silent standstill for the service. Several hundred people attended requiem mass in the Sacred Heart Church in the centre of the town. Speaking during the service parish priest Monsignor Joseph Donnelly referred back to the Omagh bombing saying a community may have experience of tragedy but could never become accustomed to it.
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