On 15 August 1998 , four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement , the Real IRA exploded a car bomb in Omagh , County Tyrone , killing 31 people and injuring 220 , from many communities . Breaking with tradition , Adams said in reaction to the bombing " I am totally horrified by this action . I condemn it without any equivocation whatsoever . " Prior to this , Adams had maintained a policy of refusing to condemn IRA or their splinter groups ' actions
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