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Husband of Omagh bombing victim challenges inquiry to deliver truth for victims

A man whose wife was killed in the Omagh bombing has challenged a public inquiry to provide the truth about the atrocity to victims. Kevin Skelton said he did not trust the Irish Government to co-operate with the inquiry, adding that without such ...

10 Feb 2025 at 12:57

Northern Ireland

Woman tells inquiry of moment her foot was blown off by Omagh bomb

A woman who suffered horrific injuries in the Omagh bombing has told of the moment she realised the blast had severed her left foot. Suzanne Travis told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that shrapnel embedded in her leg from the 1998 Real IRA explosion ...

13 Feb 2025 at 17:07

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 character” who dreamed of one day playing for ...

03 Feb 2025 at 16:09

Northern Ireland

Spanish boy killed in Omagh bomb was ‘good, happy and generous child’

A 12-year-old school boy from Madrid killed in the Omagh bomb has been remembered as a “good, happy and generous child with strong religious faith”. Fernando Blasco Baselga was part of a group of school children from Spain who had been on a ...

28 Jan 2025 at 13:51

National News

Army technicians safely secure World War 2 bomb found in Mourne Mountains

A Second World War mortar has been made safe at a natural beauty spot in Co Down. Police said a member of the public found the device, which is thought to have been buried in the ground for some time. Army technical officers carried out a ...

11 Apr 2023 at 16:38

Northern Ireland

Forensics link Martin McCauley to ‘cowardly murder’ of three RUC men, court told

Forensic evidence links a man to the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in Northern Ireland in 1982, a court has heard. Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in Naas, County Kildare, appeared in the ...

30 Jan 2025 at 18:29

Northern Ireland

Woman tells inquiry she was ‘on fire’ after Omagh bomb exploded next to her

A woman has described the harrowing moments when she was left on fire after becoming trapped underneath the engine of the car which had carried the Omagh bomb. The chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry Lord Turnbull said he doubted ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:21

Northern Ireland

Man says ‘everything that happened’ in his life was a result of Omagh bomb

A survivor of the Omagh bombing has said that everything that has happened in his life since 1998 has been a result of the tragedy. Rodney Patterson told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he was standing around 40 feet away from the ...

19 Feb 2025 at 13:48

Northern Ireland

Irish Government will not forget duty to Troubles victims – Justice Minister

Justice Minister Simon Harris has said the Irish Government will not forget its duty to victims and survivors of the Troubles. The minister’s comments come on the 49th anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings in which more ...

17 May 2023 at 00:00

Northern Ireland

No new evidence to warrant Omagh inquiry in Ireland, minister says

There is currently no new evidence about the Omagh bomb atrocity which would warrant holding a public inquiry in Ireland, a minister has said. However, Peter Burke, Minister for European Affairs and Defence, stressed that ...

16 Aug 2023 at 17:59

Northern Ireland

Dublin-Monaghan bombing campaigners ‘deserve the truth’, Irish president says

There was a “manifest failure” of the UK and Irish governments to adequately respond to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, Ireland’s president has said. A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Dublin to mark the 50th ...

17 May 2024 at 14:16

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 ...

18 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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