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Crowds gather in Omagh to demand an end to violence after police officer’s shooting

Hundreds of people have gathered to demand an end to paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. The main street of the Co Tyrone town of Omagh was brought to a standstill as crowds assembled in front of the courthouse for a rally in solidarity with ...

25 Feb 2023 at 15:57

Northern Ireland

Woman ‘searched for husband and son for years’ after Omagh bomb

A woman whose husband and son were killed in the Omagh bomb has described how years after the blast she would drive around looking for them, believing they were still alive. Edith White said she would also regularly change her son Bryan’s bed ...

04 Feb 2025 at 16:31

National News

Three men arrested over attempted murder of senior detective in Northern Ireland

Three men have been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer who was shot several times. Gunmen shot Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in front of his young son in the attack at ...

23 Feb 2023 at 13:22

Northern Ireland

Second youngest victim of Omagh bomb ‘was due to be flower girl’

The second youngest victim of the Omagh bomb had been due to be a flower girl at her uncle’s wedding when she was killed in the blast. Breda Devine, who was 20 months old, had been with her mother on a shopping trip to the centre of the Co ...

29 Jan 2025 at 13:58

National News

PSNI release CCTV footage of car used by men who shot off-duty police detective

Police have released CCTV footage of the car used by the gunmen who shot senior detective John Caldwell at a sports complex in Co Tyrone last week. At least 10 shots were fired during the attack, with two hitting vehicles in the car park. ...

27 Feb 2023 at 16:26

Northern Ireland

Bereaved father hopes Omagh inquiry ‘the beginning of the end’

Hope has been expressed that the Omagh Bombing Inquiry will be the “beginning of the end” for the bereaved in their pursuit of answers. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 dissident republican bomb attack in the Co ...

28 Jan 2025 at 12:12

National News

Widower of Omagh bomb victim was ‘met with wall of silence’, inquiry told

The widower of one of the victims of the Omagh bombing had “demanded accountability” but was “met with wall of silence”, a public inquiry was told. It came as the second week of commemorative hearings for the victims at the Omagh ...

06 Feb 2025 at 14:00

National News

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 justice and foreign affairs minister,...

02 Feb 2025 at 22:06

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 republican bomb ...

29 Jan 2025 at 11:45

National News

Shop worker fatally injured in Omagh bomb apologised to husband as she lay dying

A “one in a million” mother fatally injured in the Omagh bomb apologised to her husband moments before she died, a public inquiry has heard. Geraldine Breslin’s son Gareth McCrystal, speaking publicly about her death for ...

30 Jan 2025 at 14:51

Northern Ireland

Family say their worlds ‘were’ shattered by murder of mother in Omagh bomb

The four children of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing have said that their worlds were “shattered” by her death in the 1998 Real IRA massacre. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry heard that 56-year-old Veda Short was a “loving ...

10 Feb 2025 at 12:14

Northern Ireland

Woman burned in Omagh bombing was ‘given last rites four times’

A woman who suffered horrific burns in the Omagh bombing has told how she was given only a 20% chance of survival and was administered the last rites four times in hospital following the explosion. Donna-Marie ...

12 Feb 2025 at 14:00

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