Omagh bombing - Wikipedia
The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [6] It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, signed earlier in the year.
Omagh bombing | Details & Aftermath | Britannica
Jan 27, 2025 · Omagh bombing, terrorist attack in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on August 15, 1998, in which a bomb concealed in a car exploded, killing 29 people and injuring more than 200 others.
Omagh Bombing Inquiry: Survivor will 'carry the images' of day …
1 day ago · The Real IRA bomb killed 29 people in the County Tyrone town in August 1998, including a woman who was pregnant with twins. 'Pieces of flesh, broken bodies' "People were screaming, crying and I ...
Omagh bomb: The 29 victims - BBC
Jan 28, 2025 · Twenty-nine people were killed, including nine children, a woman pregnant with twins and three generations of one family. It came less than three months after the people of Northern Ireland had...
'Just carnage', survivor recalls aftermath of Omagh bomb - RTÉ
1 day ago · A survivor of the Omagh bombing has told the public inquiry into the explosion how he spent the day of the explosion helping the dying and the injured. The inquiry has started hearing the accounts ...
Watch: Inquiry into Omagh bombing under way - RTÉ
2 hours ago · A public inquiry into the murders of 29 people in the Omagh bombing in 1998 is under way in the Co Tyrone town. The probe was established to examine whether the attack by the dissident republican ...
Omagh bombing inquiry enters new phase and hears from …
2 days ago · The Omagh Bombing Inquiry heard from six survivors and witnesses today: Ian Ferguson said the day of the Omagh bombing was the day his life changed.He recalls the engine of the car still on fire ...
Omagh Bombing Inquiry: Survivor recalls 'carnage, squealing, …
1 day ago · The bomb exploded in Omagh town centre on a busy Saturday afternoon on 15 August 1998 A survivor of the Omagh bomb has described how she saw a niece of hers "laying on the bonnet of a car with a ...
Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than …
Jan 28, 2025 · The bombing, on August 15 1998, killed 29 people and injured an estimated 220 more. Among those who lost their lives were nine children and a woman who was pregnant with twins.
Omagh inquiry hears Co Tyrone town ‘like a war zone’ in wake of …
21 hours ago · A survivor of the Omagh bombing has described the town centre as “like a war zone” with “the walking wounded wandering around like zombies” in the immediate aftermath of the explosion.