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Omagh families vow to return to court if fresh investigation is not ordered

The families of Omagh bomb victims will return to court if the UK Government does not commit to a fresh investigation into the Real IRA atrocity, a campaigner has said. Michael Gallagher, who lost his 21-year-old son Aiden in the 1998 bombing, said ...

08 Mar 2022 at 10:30

National News

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

Sport

Donegal players proud to lift Buncrana Shield - Gary Wilson

Gary Wilson says it’s important to always reference and remember the reason why the Buncrana Cup came into existence in the first place. Donegal U-16s battled back from a five-point deficit against Down to eventually run out 1-12 to 2-6 ...

13 Aug 2023 at 14:32

Northern Ireland

Lessons must be learnt from Omagh bomb tragedy 25 years on – Heaton-Harris

Lessons must be learnt from the devastation caused by the Omagh bombing 25 years ago, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said. Mr Heaton-Harris said the Government continues to have the deepest sympathy for all those ...

15 Aug 2023 at 00:01

National News

Martin says Ireland to ‘co-operate fully’ with Omagh inquiry

Tanaiste Micheal Martin has said Ireland will co-operate fully with a UK inquiry into the Omagh bombing, which he described as “one of the most brutal atrocities ever witnessed on this island”. In a statement marking the 25th ...

15 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Story of Omagh bombing ‘entering new phase’ with public inquiry on horizon

The story of the Omagh bomb is “entering a new phase” 25 years on, with a public inquiry on the horizon, the father of one of the victims has said. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was among the 29 killed in the dissident ...

13 Aug 2023 at 11:48

Local News

'The longest and hardest night': Omagh bomb, 25 years on

Lisa Doherty can still see the four sweets. Her brother Oran, 11 years her junior at just eight years old, was a bad traveller. On the morning of August 15, 1998, Oran Doherty and some of his friends from Buncrana went on ...

10 Aug 2023 at 09:40

Local News

Families meet Inquiry chair as search for Omagh bomb justice advances

Family members of the victims met with the chair of Omagh Bombing Inquiry this week for the first time. The 25th anniversary of the bombing - the single biggest atrocity in the history of the Troubles - is on Tuesday. ...

09 Aug 2023 at 20:07

Northern Ireland

Omagh bomb questions can ‘only be fully answered with tandem public inquiries’

All questions around the Omagh bomb atrocity can only be answered by holding a public inquiry on both sides of the Irish border, a lawyer representing some bereaved families has said. John McBurney urged the Irish ...

18 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Moment of silence held to mark 25th anniversary of Omagh bombing

A moment of silence in Market Street in Omagh has marked the time that a dissident republican car bomb devastated the Co Tyrone town 25 years ago. Some bereaved family members laid single white roses and then ...

15 Aug 2023 at 18:37

Northern Ireland

Omagh bombing inquiry: Irish Government must take part, says victim’s widower

The widower of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing has said a UK Government inquiry into the Omagh bombing would be a “waste of time” without the involvement of the Irish Government. In February, Northern ...

15 Aug 2023 at 17:15

Northern Ireland

Town comes together to remember its darkest day 25 years on

Some of those who lined the narrow Market Street in Omagh were not even born when a Real IRA bomb brought devastation to the Co Tyrone town a quarter of a century ago. The organisers of the event to mark ...

15 Aug 2023 at 16:54

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