Vincent Kearney

Northern Editor

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

The first two weeks of the British government's inquiry into the 1998 atrocity have been set aside for the families of those who were murdered

How will Irish Govt 'co-operate' with Omagh bomb inquiry?

A day of reckoning is fast approaching for the Irish Government and its engagement with the Omagh bomb inquiry. The Taoiseach last week pledged that the government will co-operate fully with the British government's inquiry into the 1998 atrocity. The question is, what does that mean?

Analysis and Comment • 03 Feb

Twenty-nine people were killed in the Omagh bombing in 1998, the biggest loss of life in a single attack in the 30 years of the Troubles

Public inquiry into Omagh bombing under way

A public inquiry into the murders of 29 people in the Omagh bombing in 1998 is under way in the Co Tyrone town today.

Ulster • 28 Jan

More than 200 were also injured in the huge blast, many of them seriously

Names of 29 victims read at start of Omagh bomb inquiry

The names of the 29 victims, including a woman pregnant with twins, were read aloud and a minute's silence held as a public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing got under way.

Ulster • 28 Jan

There are many other objections by environmentalists, but it was the issue of water that sank the inquiry last week

Lack of consultation brings delay to Tyrone goldmine

A long-awaited public inquiry into a hugely controversial plan for a large underground goldmine in Co Tyrone began to unravel shortly after a brown envelope was left on the top table shortly before it began.

Analysis and Comment • 19 Jan