Omagh survivor tells inquiry blast left crater in road with injured inside
David McSwiggan told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he had repeatedly returned to the scene of devastation immediately after ...
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Shop owner killed in Omagh bombing was ‘moral compass’ of family, inquiry told
A shop owner and mother who was killed in the Omagh bomb blast has been described as “the moral compass” of her family, a ...
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Woman burned in Omagh bombing 'given last rites four times'
A woman who suffered horrific burns in the Omagh bombing has explained how she was given only a 20% chance of survival and ...
Student killed in Omagh bombing was a year away from graduating, inquiry hears
A student killed in the Omagh bombing was a year out from graduating at Dundee University when she died, a public inquiry has ...
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Omagh survivor ‘haunted’ by guilt over death of niece in Real IRA massacre
Garry McGillion suffered severe injuries in the Real IRA blast which occurred in August 1998, just one week before he was due ...
‘World stood still’ in aftermath of Omagh car bomb, inquiry told
Jim Sharkey was working as a newsagent in the Co Tyrone town in 1998 when it was devastated by a Real IRA bomb.
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The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is harrowing – but we all need to listen. Here's why
On 15 August 1998, at 3.04pm, a red Vauxhall Cavalier exploded in Omagh town centre. It carried a 500lb bomb. Twenty-nine people, including Avril Monaghan, who had been expecting twins, were murdered.