Police officers on duty on the day of the Omagh bombing have told the inquiry into the atrocity how they wrapped the dead in sheets and blankets and laid them out of sight in a nearby alleyway as ...

The Dublin government should start its own public inquiry into the Omagh bombing, according to a motion passed by the Stormont assembly. Dublin has said it will fully co-operate with the UK ...

A decision by the Irish Government not to hold a parallel public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing will be kept under review, the Minister for Justice has said. Speaking during a visit to ...

The mother of a toddler killed in the Omagh bomb has been remembered as “dignified and gracious”. Tracey Devine, whose 20-month-old daughter Breda was among the youngest victims of the Real ...

A young boy killed in the Omagh bomb was robbed of a “life full of possibilities”, his father has said. Victor Barker also told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he does not believe his daughter ...

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 Irish government expects to agree a memorandum of understanding with the Omagh Bombing Inquiry in the coming weeks, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has said. The probe is examining ...

A fireman who rushed to help people in the aftermath of the Omagh bombing has told the inquiry that the scene reminded him of an iconic image of the Vietnam War. The final week of the ...

A part time fire officer has told the Omagh bomb inquiry when he arrived at the scene of the atrocity it was like something from the Vietnam war, it was a "horror show," he said. At the time Paddy ...

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 ...