So recalled Jim Sharkey who spoke to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry about the aftermath of the deadliest attack in the history of the Troubles. By the time the sirens subsided and the smoke cleared ...

The words of Garry McGillion perfectly encapsulated the split-second transition from a peaceful sunny Saturday afternoon in Omagh to a scene of utter carnage and human misery. A brief moment in ...

Emergency service workers have been giving evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, describing scenes which “should only have been seen in a movie”. Twenty-nine people, including a woman ...

After four weeks of heartbreaking testimony about the victims and from the survivors of the 1998 Omagh bombing, the final thing to be raised last week came under the banal heading of "Housekeeping".

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The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is examining whether the single worst atrocity of the Troubles could have been prevented Twenty-nine people, including a woman expecting twins, were murdered in the Real ...

The bomb that devastated Omagh town centre in August 1998 was the biggest single atrocity in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty-nine people were killed, including nine ...

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 ...

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is continuing to hear personal statements from those affected by the 1998 Real IRA atrocity. Firefighter Paddy Quinn said he has never forgotten his experiences from ...