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‘No justification’ for special advocates for families in Omagh closed hearings

Lawyers for bereaved families have argued special advocates needed to maintain confidence in the process.

Evening Standard

Omagh bomb families call for special advocate for closed hearings at inquiry

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is hearing arguments around the appointment of a special advocate for the families this week.

Evening Standard

Omagh inquiry seeks secret 15-year-old transcript from Commons archive

The Omagh bombing on August 15 1998 saw 29 people killed, including a woman pregnant with twins.

Evening Standard

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Government has ‘plain duty’ to assist Omagh inquiry with swift disclosure

Lord Turnbull said his experience to date over the cooperation of some state agencies with the inquiry had caused him to have ‘some concerns’

Evening Standard

Omagh bomb inquiry chair refuses Government’s bid to redact civil servant names

The decision relates to the dissemination of the names to other core participants to the inquiry, not their publication in the media.

Evening Standard

Government approach to Omagh bomb hearing ‘risks undermining public confidence’

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Lord Turnbull, is holding procedural hearings in Belfast.

Evening Standard

Omagh families will be ‘satisfied’ by Irish Government steps

Last week, the Irish government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the inquiry investigating the blast.

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Victims and survivors’ evidence ‘shone light on consequences of Omagh bombing’

Four weeks of commemorative hearings in the Omagh Bombing Inquiry have concluded.

Evening Standard

Firefighter says he has never witnessed anything like Omagh bomb in 30 years

A public inquiry is continuing to hear personal statements from witnesses and people affected by the Real IRA bombing in August 1998.

Evening Standard

Woman tells inquiry she was ‘on fire’ after Omagh bomb exploded next to her

Omagh Bombing Inquiry chairman Lord Turnbull said he was ‘humbled’ by the account given by survivor Pauline Harte.

Evening Standard

Sister of Omagh victim ‘lives with guilt’ because she survived attack

Nicola Marlow was with her older sister Jolene when the Real IRA bomb exploded in the Co Tyrone town.

The Independent UK

Family searched for schoolgirl after Omagh bomb exploded

Lorraine Wilson, 15, was working in an Oxfam shop on the day she died in the 1998 Real IRA bombing.

Evening Standard

Shop owner killed in Omagh bombing was ‘moral compass’ of family, inquiry told

Elizabeth ‘Libbi’ Rush was described as ‘wise, compassionate and thoughtful’ by her children at the Omagh bombing inquiry.

The Independent UK

Widower of Omagh bomb victim was ‘met with wall of silence’, inquiry told

The inquiry heard about the life of Elizabeth Rush, whose husband Laurence was an active campaigner in calling for a public inquiry.

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Evening Standard

‘Gentle giant’ remembered at Omagh Bombing Inquiry

Brian McCrory, a former fireman, was 54 when he died in the blast on August 15, 1998.

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Sunday school teacher killed in Omagh bomb lived life of ‘kindness and love’

A tribute written by Esther Gibson’s four younger sisters was read to public inquiry into the 1998 bombing on Monday.

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Shop worker fatally injured in Omagh bomb apologised to husband as she lay dying

Geraldine Breslin’s son Gareth spoke publicly about his mother’s death for the first time as he gave evidence to the public inquiry into the bombing.

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Omagh bomb victim’s exam results arrived on day of her funeral

Debra-Anne Cartwright, 20, was working in a beauty salon in Omagh on the day of the attack in 1998.

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Omagh Bombing Inquiry hears tributes to oldest and youngest atrocity victims

It came on the second day of commemorative hearings at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town.

The Independent UK

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.

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.

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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.

The Independent UK

Story of Omagh bombing ‘entering new phase’ with public inquiry on horizon

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden died in the 1998 attack, said he hopes the inquiry will be able to start by the end of this year or early next.

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