In their words: Omagh families describe love and loss
Veda Short, 56, worked at Wattersons drapers in Omagh and was on her lunch break when the bomb went off. The day before the attack, she had met her new grandchild Lee for the first time. She had ...
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Omagh Bombing Inquiry ‘shone a bright light on terrible consequences’, as victim’s father asks Irish Government to ‘engage’ with process
Police and firefighters amid the scene of death and destruction in Omagh after the Real IRA bomb exploed in August 1998. Photo: Paul McErlane Evidence from victims’ families and survivors of the ...
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DUP leader calls for parallel Omagh inquiry in South to avoid ‘partial picture’
The DUP leader has called on the Irish Government to establish a public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. Gavin Robinson said that without one, “we will only get a partial picture” of what ...
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Omagh victims and their families deserve better than ‘there was no alternative’ to violence
When Oran Doherty got off the bus in Omagh on the way back to Buncrana, he bought himself a whole cooked chicken. It’s exactly what a hungry eight year-old kid released from home for a day ...
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Police felt ‘guilty and responsible’ for evacuating people closer to Omagh bomb
The hearing room at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, Co Tyrone. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA. The public inquiry was set up by the Government to examine whether the explosion could have been prevented ...
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Aftermath of Omagh bomb looked like war, says fireman
"I now have a permanent photo in my head. The thought I had - it ... on to the bus I noticed the floor was red, not blue." Watch: Omagh Bombing Inquiry under way He found one of the dead in ...
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In their words: Omagh families describe love and loss
worked at Wattersons drapers in Omagh and was on her lunch break when the bomb went off. The day before the attack, she had met her new grandchild Lee for the first time. She had photos taken and ...