Omagh bomb victim describes being ‘humiliated’ having to strip for 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 ...
Omagh bombing public inquiry gets underway with testimony from relatives and survivors
An independent public inquiry into a 1998 bombing in Omagh in Northern Ireland in which 29 people were killed and 220 injured ...
EconoTimes13d
Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity
Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Labour slammed as cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past could hit £4bn
Policy Exchange attacks repeal of parts of Tories' Legacy Act, which removes a block on people like Gerry Adams seeking ...
Omagh bombing 'horror' update as grieving Northern Ireland relatives herald new inquiry
New Omagh bombing atrocity inquiry launched into whether the 1998 'horror blast' could have been avoided as some of the victims' loved ones honour their memory years later ...
Belfast Telegraph6d
‘Samantha passed life with flying colours’: Teen killed in Omagh bomb ‘had a kindness people were drawn to’
A kind-hearted teenager killed in the Omagh bomb has been remembered as having “passed life with flying colours”, the inquiry into the atrocity has heard. Samantha McFarland (17) was working ...
The Irish Times11d
Omagh bombing inquiry: ‘The bomb affected how I felt about where I came from, driving me away from Northern Ireland’
Omagh bombing inquiry ... It affected how I felt about where I came from, driving me away from Northern Ireland.” Everything I’ve achieved is incredibly bitter-sweet because my mother ...
The Irish News7d
Secretary of state fell asleep during meeting with Omagh bomb families
Families of those who lost loved ones in the Omagh bomb have criticised former secretary of states for Northern Ireland for refusing to hold a public inquiry into the atrocity, and revealed one ...
Cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past estimated at more than £2 billion
The Policy Exchange has put the cost of inquiries, court cases, inquests and compensation payouts so far at between £840 million and £1.4 billion. | UTV News ...
Evening Standard on MSN8d
Omagh bombing survivor recalls split-second devastation which killed his friends
A survivor of the Omagh bombing has described the split-second devastation ... Shaun McLaughlin with then-president of ...
The Northern Echo9d
Former Irish cabinet minister voices concern over lack of parallel Omagh inquiry
A former Irish cabinet minister has raised concerns about the failure of the government in Ireland to commission its own inquiry into the Omagh bombing. Charlie Flanagan, who served as both a ...
Evening Standard on MSN7d
Secretary of state fell asleep during meeting with Omagh bomb families
Families of those who lost loved ones in the Omagh bomb have criticised former secretary of states for Northern Ireland for refusing to hold a public inquiry into the atrocity, and revealed one ...