The bomb that devastated Omagh town centre in August 1998 was the biggest single atrocity in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty-nine people were killed, including nine ...

Firefighter Paddy Quinn said he has never forgotten his experiences from attending the scene of the Omagh bombing (Liam McBurney/PA) Emergency service workers have been giving evidence to the ...

So recalled Jim Sharkey who spoke to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry about the aftermath of the deadliest attack in the history of the Troubles. By the time the sirens subsided and the smoke cleared ...

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After four weeks of heartbreaking testimony about the victims and from the survivors of the 1998 Omagh bombing, the final thing to be raised last week came under the banal heading of "Housekeeping".

When Oran Doherty got off the bus in Omagh on the way back to Buncrana, he bought himself a whole cooked chicken. It’s exactly what a hungry eight year-old kid released from home for a day ...

The words of Garry McGillion perfectly encapsulated the split-second transition from a peaceful sunny Saturday afternoon in Omagh to a scene of utter carnage and human misery. A brief moment in ...