Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity
There remain questions about how authorities in both Ireland and the UK handled the events around the 1998 bombing that killed 29 people.
Omagh Bombing Inquiry hears of 'kind and generous' victims
Fernando Blasco Baselga and Rocio Abad Ramos were in Omagh as part of a language exchange group Tributes have been paid to two Spanish victims of the Omagh bombing during the first phase of a public inquiry into the 1998 atrocity.
Omagh bombing public inquiry gets underway with testimony from relatives and survivors
An independent public inquiry into a 1998 bombing in Omagh in Northern Ireland in which 29 people were killed and 220 injured, the worst atrocity of "The Troubles," opened with testimony from victims' families.
Concern expressed that Omagh Bombing Inquiry won’t uncover full truth
Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford was killed in the blast, said the Irish Government should be a full participant.
Initial stage of Omagh Bombing Inquiry opens - families have waited years for the truth, will they get it?
Nolan spoke to Alan Rodgers from the Ulster Herald and to Claire Hayes - her brother Alan Radford was killed in the Omagh bomb - he was just 16. We use cookies to give you the best online experience.
Victims' families give evidence in Omagh bombing public inquiry
Watch again as the Omagh bombing public inquiry held its first hearing on Tuesday, 28 January. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the attack carried out by the Real IRA in the Co Tyrone town in August 1998 in what was the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles.
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