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Irish government asks UK for Omagh bomb inquiry terms of reference

The Irish government has asked the UK government for “the earliest possible sight” of the terms of reference for its Omagh bomb inquiry to clarify what its involvement will be. Tanaiste and foreign affairs minister Micheal Martin and justice ...

28 Jun 2023 at 20:17

Northern Ireland

Call for those affected by Omagh bombing to assist inquiry

Those affected by the 1998 Omagh bombing are being invited to participate in a public inquiry into the atrocity. Scottish judge Lord Turnbull, who chairs the inquiry, said he needed to fully understand the significance of the bombing and ...

23 Oct 2024 at 10:19

Northern Ireland

Omagh inquiry seeking ‘clear written agreements’ with Irish government

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is seeking “clear written agreements” with the Irish government over co-operation. This would be to include access to materials held in the Republic of Ireland and witnesses from that jurisdiction. The first ...

30 Jul 2024 at 12:14

Northern Ireland

Irish Government ‘committed to new legislation if required’ to aid Omagh Inquiry

The Irish Government is committed to bringing forward new legislation if required to ensure it can assist a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb, a representative has said. Ruairi de Burca, director-general at the Irish Department of ...

30 Jul 2024 at 15:58

Omagh Bombing Inquiry chairman vows it will be ‘vigorous and fearless’

Northern Ireland

Omagh Bombing Inquiry chair vows it will be ‘vigorous and fearless’

The chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry has vowed it will undertake its work “rigorously and fearlessly”. Scottish judge Lord Turnbull was speaking during the first public hearing of the probe into the 1998 atrocity which ...

30 Jul 2024 at 15:21

Northern Ireland

‘Give more than face value co-operation’ to Omagh probe, Irish government urged

The Irish government has been urged to give “more than face value co-operation” to the Omagh bomb inquiry. The UK government ordered an independent inquiry into the 1998 outrage in the Co Tyrone town which claimed 29 lives,...

28 Jul 2024 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Omagh inquiry ‘allowing us to close wound that has been open for 26 years’

The sister of a young Spanish woman killed in the Omagh bombing has described a public inquiry into the atrocity as “allowing us to close a wound that has been open for 26 years”. Rocio Abad Ramos, 23, from Madrid was ...

28 Jan 2025 at 16:31

Northern Ireland

Tourists, friends, flower girl to-be and ‘gentle giant’ father among Omagh dead

From a father recalled as a gentle giant to university students, tourists, and a very young flower girl to be, the 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb in 1998 are to be remembered during a public inquiry into the ...

28 Jan 2025 at 17:41

Northern Ireland

Concern expressed that Omagh Bombing Inquiry won’t uncover full truth

Concern has been expressed that a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb will not be able to uncover the full truth. Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford, 16, was among the 29 people killed in the dissident ...

29 Jan 2025 at 11:45

Northern Ireland

Omagh Bombing Inquiry hears tributes to oldest and youngest atrocity victims

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has remembered the oldest and youngest victims of the atrocity. The Real IRA bomb attack on August 15 1998 came on the 66th birthday of former nurse and mother-of-11 Mary Grimes. ...

29 Jan 2025 at 17:09

National News

I will never forgive Omagh bombers, says mother of eight-year-old victim

The mother of an eight-year-old boy from Co Donegal killed in the Omagh bomb has told those responsible they will never be forgiven. Oran Doherty was described as a “great funny wee boy and a real ...

03 Feb 2025 at 16:09

National News

Omagh bombing survivor recalls split-second devastation which killed his friends

A survivor of the Omagh bombing has described the split-second devastation that claimed the lives of two of his young friends. Shaun McLaughlin, 12, and Oran Doherty, eight, from Buncrana, Co ...

03 Feb 2025 at 17:39

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