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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 McGillion, who was placed into a coma ...

12 Feb 2025 at 14:00

Northern Ireland

Town comes together to remember its darkest day 25 years on

Some of those who lined the narrow Market Street in Omagh were not even born when a Real IRA bomb brought devastation to the Co Tyrone town a quarter of a century ago. The organisers of the event to mark 25 years since the atrocity which caused ...

15 Aug 2023 at 16:54

National News

Family’s ‘world fell apart’ after death of Brenda Logue in Omagh bombing

A mother said she was living a nightmare every day after her teenage daughter was killed in the Omagh bombing, an inquiry into the blast has been told. Brenda Logue, a talented Gaelic footballer, was 17 when she died in the 1998 atrocity. The ...

05 Feb 2025 at 12:21

Northern Ireland

Officer tells inquiry he believes police were the intended target of Omagh bomb

The Real IRA most likely set out to murder police when they left a massive car bomb in the centre of Omagh in 1998, an officer has told a public inquiry. Norman Haslett told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that while the bomb killed 29 civilians, ...

18 Feb 2025 at 17:56

Northern Ireland

‘World stood still’ in aftermath of Omagh car bomb, inquiry told

A former newsagent in Omagh has told how the “world stood still” in the moments after a massive car bomb devastated the town centre in 1998. Giving evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, Jim Sharkey said members of his family were told ...

13 Feb 2025 at 12:58

Northern Ireland

Omagh bombing victim found by husband face down in the rubble, inquiry hears

A man has told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry how he found his wife lying face down in rubble in the aftermath of the massacre. Kevin Skelton told the hearing that he could never forget the smell of burning flesh and the cries of victims ...

10 Feb 2025 at 13:43

Northern Ireland

Victim says she was ‘humiliated’ having to strip for Omagh 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 clothes so her scars could be examined in a compensation claim. Rosemary Ingram said she was made to “feel ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:39

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 ...

29 Jan 2025 at 13:58

National News

Teenager Jolene Marlow ‘was denied her hopes and dreams’ by Omagh bombing

A 17-year-old girl killed in the Omagh bombing was denied the chance to “accomplish her life’s full potential”, an inquiry has been told. Jolene Marlow was one of several victims of the atrocity remembered in commemorative ...

05 Feb 2025 at 12:29

Northern Ireland

Man says ‘everything that happened’ in his life was a result of Omagh bomb

A survivor of the Omagh bombing has said that everything that has happened in his life since 1998 has been a result of the tragedy. Rodney Patterson told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he was standing around 40 feet away ...

19 Feb 2025 at 13:48

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 ...

30 Jan 2025 at 14:51

Northern Ireland

BBC did not mention Adams allegation, Donaldson family’s former solicitor says

Gerry Adams was not mentioned in interactions between the solicitor representing the family of a man who was killed and a BBC team making a documentary on the matter, a libel trial relating to the programme has ...

08 May 2025 at 17:26

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