A private service for families and survivors of the explosion will be held in the County Tyrone town.
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Following the service in Omagh library, prayers will be said at the scene of the bomb on Market Street. "I've actually stopped watching the news. I've stopped buying newspapers so I just don't bother anymore and to be honest it has helped me health-wise. Ms Sutherland moved from Scotland to Londonderry in 1989 and helped to train and lead teams in the Red Cross.Retired Red Cross worker Ruby Sutherland says she struggles to even go back to Omagh after the experience of that daythat she was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after trying to help those caught up in the blast.
She said she would spend the anniversary with her family somewhere like the north coast where she has happy childhood memories of Alan.
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