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St Patrick's Day events across Northern Ireland - parades, live music, food and children's entertainment across every borough
Festivities take place across Northern Ireland this weekend in honour of St Patrick, who is credited with bringing the ...
BBC29d
Omagh bomb: The 29 victims
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 ...
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Omagh first responders recall scenes which ‘should only be seen in a movie’
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 ...
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In their words: Omagh families describe love and loss
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 ...
RTE Online29d
Humanity in Omagh as bereaved, injured tell their stories
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 ...
RTE Online26d
Omagh was 'most difficult duty' of career, senior police officer tells inquiry
The senior police officer in charge of Omagh at the time of the 1998 bombing has told how he tried to cope with the aftermath of the bomb while trying to console his son whose girlfriend had been ...
The Irish Times27d
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 ...
The Irish Times27d
The dead were wrapped in sheets and laid in nearby alleyway on day of Omagh bombing, inquiry hears
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 Independent28d
Paramedic recalls not being able to identify heads or feet of Omagh victims
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
London Evening Standard28d
Firefighter says he has never witnessed anything like Omagh bomb in 30 years
Paddy Quinn from the NI Fire and Rescue Service gave evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry (Omagh Bombing Inquiry/PA) Jonathan McCambridge17 February 2025 One of the first firefighters to respond ...
Belfast Telegraph27d
‘What we saw should only be seen in a movie,’ paramedic tells Omagh inquiry
Emergency service workers yesterday told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry what they saw in the aftermath “should only have been seen in a movie”. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with ...
London Evening Standard28d
Omagh first responders recall scenes which ‘should only be seen in a movie’
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 ...