Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity
There remain questions about how authorities in both Ireland and the UK handled the events around the 1998 bombing that killed 29 people.
Omagh bombing public inquiry gets underway with testimony from relatives and survivors
An independent public inquiry into a 1998 bombing in Omagh in Northern Ireland in which 29 people were killed and 220 injured, the worst atrocity of "The Troubles," opened with testimony from victims' families.
Omagh Bombing Inquiry hears of 'kind and generous' victims
Fernando Blasco Baselga and Rocio Abad Ramos were in Omagh as part of a language exchange group Tributes have been paid to two Spanish victims of the Omagh bombing during the first phase of a public inquiry into the 1998 atrocity.
Concern expressed that Omagh Bombing Inquiry won’t uncover full truth
Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford was killed in the blast, said the Irish Government should be a full participant.
Bereaved father hopes Omagh Bombing Inquiry will be ‘the beginning of the end’
HOPE HAS BEEN expressed that the Omagh Bombing Inquiry will be the “beginning of the end” for the bereaved in their pursuit of answers. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 dissident republican bomb attack in the Co Tyrone town,
Initial stage of Omagh Bombing Inquiry opens - families have waited years for the truth, will they get it?
Nolan spoke to Alan Rodgers from the Ulster Herald and to Claire Hayes - her brother Alan Radford was killed in the Omagh bomb - he was just 16. We use cookies to give you the best online experience.
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