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 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.
Victims' families give evidence in Omagh bombing public inquiry
Watch live as the Omagh bombing public inquiry holds 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.
Omagh bomb dead to be remembered as inquiry opens
The initial stage of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry opens on Tuesday. The hearing will commemorate the lives of the 29 people murdered in the County Tyrone bombing, including a woman expecting twins. The attack, carried out in 1998 by the Real IRA, was the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles.
Public inquiry into Omagh bomb to begin hearings
Bereaved families and survivors are expected to gather at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town for the inquiry.
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