On 12 August 2018 she sent a tweet containing a photo of the aftermath of the Omagh bombing with text saying that Jeremy Corbyn had paid tribute to the victims of the bombing , " including the Real IRA bombers who may have snagged a nail while planting the explosives " . The tweet was criticised as insensitive by Michael Gallagher , whose son Aidan was killed by the bomb . He said that while he would n't have " much faith " in Mr Corbyn , her tweet was " poorly timed " . He quoted another Twitter user from Omagh who wrote " I am sick , hurt and appalled that anyone could make political points out of the destruction of my lovely home town and 29 innocent people who died that day . " Writer Lisa McGee criticised the use of the photo of the aftermath . Hartley-Brewer was also criticised by journalist David Blevins . She defended her tweet as satire . The 20th anniversary of the bombing was on 15 August 2018
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
Julia Hartley-Brewer