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the explosion were present in the council chamber.</p> <p>In his statement to the council, Cllr Frank McBrearty said that an Independent Statutory Judicial Public Inquiry is the only way these families will ever get any justice.</p> <p>He insisted that the inquiry must be called in the first 100 days by the incoming government.</p> <p>“Why did this happen and who is to blame, that is two of the most important questions that must be answered by the state,” he said.</p> <p>“Only a public inquiry can deliver this.”</p> <p><em>See more in Thursday’s edition of the Donegal News.</em></p><div class='code-block code-block-4' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'> <div class="show-for-medium-down">  <div class="ad-rect-post"> <div class="ad-text">Advertisement</div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1437046428379-11' style='height:150px; width:180px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1437046428379-11'); }); </script> </div> </div> </div></div> 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