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Second youngest victim of Omagh bomb ‘was due to be flower girl’

Breda Devine was killed in the dissident republican bomb attack in the Co Tyrone town in 1998.

The Independent UK

Teenage boy killed in Omagh bomb ‘radiated light’, says sister

Claire Hayes recalled her brother Alan Radford, 16, to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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.

Evening Standard

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Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity

The 1998 Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland. However, just four months after the peace accord was signed, an attack on the town of Omagh resulted in the greatest loss of life in any single incident of the…

The Conversation

Tourists, friends, flower girl to-be and ‘gentle giant’ father among Omagh dead

An inquiry into the bombing in 1998 also heard how a then teenager described it as their ‘final loss of innocence’.

Evening Standard

Omagh inquiry ‘allowing us to close wound that has been open for 26 years’

The sister of a young Spanish woman killed in the 1998 atrocity said it was the only support they had had in many years.

Evening Standard

Irish Government will ‘fully’ cooperate with Omagh Bomb Inquiry – premier

Simon Harris said he wanted to provide a ‘categoric assurance’ his government would ensure all requested material is supplied to the inquiry.

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Spanish boy killed in Omagh bomb was ‘good, happy and generous child’

Fernando Blasco Baselga was also described as having had a strong religious faith.

Evening Standard

Sister of Omagh bombing victim tells inquiry about ‘mind-blowing shock’

Paloma Abad Ramos thanks the inquiry chair for the only support her family has felt ‘for many, many years’

The Guardian - UK

Bereaved father hopes Omagh inquiry ‘the beginning of the end’

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the blast in 1998, has pressed British and Irish governments to co-operate fully with inquiry.

Evening Standard

Omagh bombing horrors revealed in hearings ‘will educate on effect of terrorism’

The names of the 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, killed in the 1998 blast were read out at the inquiry on Tuesday morning.

The Independent UK

Focus on victims ‘brings humanity’ to Omagh bomb inquiry – Gallagher

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 blast, said he hopes the inquiry will bring him answers.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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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The Guardian - UK

Victims to take centre stage at reopened Omagh bombing inquiry

Families of children killed will speak at inquiry into whether Northern Ireland atrocity could have been stopped

Evening Standard

Public inquiry into proposed Co Tyrone gold mine suspended

Stormont departments were criticised by the chair of the inquiry as it halted on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Omagh bombing inquiry chair vows to work ‘rigorously and fearlessly’

Inquiry into 1998 attack will ask whether ‘state authorities’ could have acted to prevent mass killing

The Independent UK

Watch: Omagh car bombing inquiry begins with first public hearing

Watch as the Omagh car bombing inquiry began with its first public hearing in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, 30 July.

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The Guardian - UK

Seeking the sources of ‘mysterious hums’

Letters: Readers respond to discussions on unexplained noises that keep people awake at night, from Omagh to Derby and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Mysterious hums that keep us awake

Letters: Paul Birchall and Keith Barnes on the unexplained noise that has plagued residents of Omagh

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a bit of a mystery’: what’s causing Omagh’s hum?

Reports of the low-frequency buzz began in September and theories range from wind to lamps to subsidence

The Guardian - UK

The Omagh hum: what is the source of the town’s mystery moan?

Low-frequency noise annoyance has been reported worldwide over several decades – so much so, there is now a global hum map and database

The Independent UK

Tyrone man handed jail sentence in connection with bid to kill police officer

Gavin Coyle, 46, of Mullaghmore Drive in Omagh, pleaded guilty to IRA membership and providing a car to be used by terrorists.

The Independent UK

Omagh bomb questions can ‘only be fully answered with tandem public inquiries’

A lawyer representing some of the bereaved families has called on the Irish Government to indicate it will hold an inquiry into the 1998 atrocity.

The Independent UK

No new evidence to warrant Omagh inquiry in Ireland, minister says

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the Real IRA atrocity in August 1998.

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