Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed at Omagh in August 1998 (Paul McErlane/PA) The families of those bereaved in the Omagh bombing were “woefully let down ...
A part time fire officer has told the Omagh bomb inquiry when he arrived at the scene of the atrocity it was like something from the Vietnam war, it was a "horror show," he said. At the time Paddy ...
A fireman who rushed to help people in the aftermath of the Omagh bombing has told the inquiry that the scene reminded him of an iconic image of the Vietnam War. The final week of the ...
James Barker, who was killed in the Omagh bombing at the age of 12 (Family handout/PA) A young boy killed in the Omagh bomb was robbed of a “life full of possibilities”, his father has said.
The families of those bereaved in the Omagh bombing were “woefully let down” by a poor police investigation, the father of a boy killed in the explosion has said. Victor Barker told the Omagh ...
The words of Garry McGillion perfectly encapsulated the split-second transition from a peaceful sunny Saturday afternoon in Omagh to a scene of utter carnage and human misery. A brief moment in ...
Emergency service workers have been giving evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, describing scenes which “should only have been seen in a movie”. Twenty-nine people, including a woman ...
A paramedic who responded to the Omagh bombing has recalled the shock of not being able to identify the heads or feet of victims in body bags following the massacre. Richard Quigley told the Omagh ...
Victor Barker told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that his son James’s life had been taken away from him in the most ‘evil and barbaric fashion’. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant ...