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Omagh bomb families welcome inquiry announcement

Families of Omagh bomb victims have welcomed the ordering of an independent inquiry into the atrocity. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed when a dissident republican car bomb ripped through Omagh town centre on ...

02 Feb 2023 at 18:32

Northern Ireland

Ireland blamed Northern Ireland Office for ‘damaging leaks’, records show

Irish civil servants compiled a list of “major leaks” they claimed originated from the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and Special Branch officers in the region, records show. The confidential briefing note is part of the tranche of documents made ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Secretary orders independent inquiry into 1998 Omagh bombing

The UK Government has ordered an independent inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris made a Commons statement on Thursday confirming he intends to establish the inquiry in response to a court judgment ...

02 Feb 2023 at 14:48

Northern Ireland

Official says NIO should have offered Rosemary Nelson protection ‘in hindsight’

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) should have done more to offer protection to murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson, a top official accepted “in hindsight”, according to newly released documents. Mrs Nelson was killed by a loyalist car bomb ...

27 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Government approach to Omagh bomb hearing ‘risks undermining public confidence’

The UK Government has risked “undermining public confidence” in its approach to a hearing of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, its chairman has been told. Counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney KC told a hearing in Belfast that it was “highly ...

21 May 2025 at 16:31

Northern Ireland

Mandelson was advised not to refer to Ireland as ‘The Free State’

New Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson was advised to avoid referring to the Republic of Ireland as “The Free State” or “The Republican Government” when he took up the role in October 1999, newly declassified files have ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Victim says she was ‘humiliated’ having to strip for Omagh compensation claim

A traffic warden who was seriously injured in the Omagh bombing has told how she was “humiliated” by having to take off her clothes so her scars could be examined in a compensation claim. Rosemary Ingram said she was made to ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:39

National News

British minister denies 'sub-agenda' behind NI Protocol legislation row

Proposed laws to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol are not designed to prop up the UK Prime Minister or appease hardline Brexiteers, a British Government minister has insisted. Northern Ireland Office minister ...

08 Jun 2022 at 16:37

Northern Ireland

Decision due on public inquiry into Omagh bombing

A decision on whether to order a public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing is expected to be announced later by the Government. Relatives of victims of the atrocity have been advised that Northern Ireland Secretary Chris ...

02 Feb 2023 at 02:45

Northern Ireland

Bereaved father hopeful that Government set to announce Omagh bomb inquiry

A man whose son was killed in the Omagh bombing has expressed hope that the Government will announce an inquiry into the 1998 atrocity. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris will make a statement in the House of ...

02 Feb 2023 at 08:15

Northern Ireland

‘Urgent action needed’ over supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland

Urgent action is needed from the Government over the supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland to protect human and animal health, peers have said. The House of Lords cross-party Windsor Framework Sub-Committee ...

30 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Protest told introduction of new legacy laws is ‘day of shame’

The beginning of new legacy arrangements which shut down some Troubles-era inquests represents a “day of shame”, Sinn Fein MP John Fincane has said. Mr Finucane addressed a protest outside the headquarters of the ...

01 May 2024 at 15:14

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