Vincent Kearney

Northern Editor

The service was held in the Sandys Street Presbyterian Church

Service for Newry officers killed in IRA mortar attack

A church service has been held in Newry this afternoon to mark the 40th anniversary of the largest single loss of police personnel in the history of the Troubles.

Ulster • 02 Mar

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the 1998 bombing

Govt has 'questions to answer' about Omagh bombing - DUP

DUP leader Gavin Robinson fears that a UK inquiry into the Omagh bombing will not get to the truth of what happened unless the Irish Government establishes a parallel process.

Ulster • 26 Feb

The report by the Independent Reporting Commission says coercive control and threats linked to paramilitary groups 'persist and remain a real concern' (Stock image)

Report urges end to existence of paramilitary groups

The Irish and British governments are to appoint an independent expert to assess the merits of engaging directly with paramilitary groups still operating in Northern Ireland as part of a process to encourage them to cease to exist.

Ireland • 25 Feb

A man was shot twice as he sat in his taxi in the Dunmurry area of Belfast yesterday

Appeal for information after Belfast shooting at weekend

Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a man in west Belfast at the weekend have appealed to the public for information about the incident.

Crime • 24 Feb

Humanity in Omagh as bereaved, injured tell their stories

Chairman Alan Turnbull has put the voices of the bereaved and injured in Omagh to the forefront of the inquiry into the terrorist attack.

Analysis and Comment • 16 Feb

Suzanne Travis, a 20-year-old student, had gone into town shopping with her mother

Survivor searched for mother before seeing foot was gone

A woman seriously injured in the Omagh bombing has told the inquiry into the atrocity how she frantically searched for her mother without realising that her own foot had been blown off.

Ulster • 13 Feb

29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the bombing on 15 August 1998

Late parade start 'saved' many children in Omagh bombing

An organiser of a carnival parade due to pass through Omagh on the day of the bombing said she believes many young children could have killed in the explosion if the event had not started late.

Ulster • 13 Feb

Pauline Harte told the inquiry of the pain of having to witness the continuing suffering of those who lost loved ones in the explosion

'Searing pain' - Omagh survivor describes blast impact

A woman has told the Omagh bomb inquiry how she was trapped under the burning engine of the car that exploded and brought death and destruction to the Co Tyrone town on 15 August 1998.

Ulster • 11 Feb

Philomena Skelton was in Omagh with her family when the bomb went off

Husband of Omagh victim says he does not trust Irish Govt

The husband of one of the victims of the Omagh bombing has said he does not trust the Irish Government and does not believe it will co-operate with the UK public inquiry into the atrocity.

Ulster • 10 Feb

Charlie Flanagan said he shares the view of some of the relatives that there should have been a parallel inquiry in the Republic (file pic)

Absence of parallel Omagh inquiry a loss, says Flanagan

A former minister for justice and minister for foreign affairs has said he fears vital evidence may not be available to a UK inquiry into the Omagh bombing because the Irish Government is not holding its own hearings and cannot compel witnesses to co-operate with a process in another jurisdiction.

Ireland • 02 Feb