The police commander in Omagh on the day the town was bombed has said many of his officers felt “guilty and responsible” that ...

The police commander in Omagh on the day the town was bombed has said many of his officers felt “guilty and responsible” that they had evacuated members of the public towards the explosive device.

Police officers who served in Omagh in 1998 have been giving evidence to a public inquiry into the Real IRA bombing.

Lorraine Wilson was killed while working in an Omagh shop Lorraine Wilson was a 15-year-old schoolgirl who had been working in the town’s Oxfam shop alongside her friend and colleague ...

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 ...

“The reason the family were in Omagh town centre was for Breda’s mother to buy a wedding present for Breda’s uncle and some shoes for Breda to wear at the wedding. “Breda was the second ...

“The reason the family were in Omagh town centre was for Breda’s mother to buy a wedding present for Breda’s uncle and some shoes for Breda to wear at the wedding. “Breda was the second ...

Brenda Logue, a talented Gaelic footballer, was 17 when she died in the 1998 atrocity. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry was told on Wednesday that her mother Mary Logue had been diagnosed with cancer eight ...

He had been due to start university in England the following month. He had gone to Omagh town centre with his friends David and Pauline because there was to be a break-dancing show later that day.

A father killed in the Omagh bombing was in town to drop off photos he had taken that morning to be developed, his family told the inquiry. Brian McCrory (54) was among 29 people – including a ...

David McSwiggan told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he had repeatedly returned to the scene of devastation immediately after the blast to search for his missing friends. The inquiry at the Strule Arts ...