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Investigation into Belturbet bombings must be progressed

Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith has called on the Justice Minister to pursue a full and comprehensive investigation into the Belturbet bombing. Two teenagers were killed in the atrocity shortly after Christmas on the 28th December ...

31 Aug 2018 at 15:20

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16-year-old arrested for hoax bomb calls in Leitrim

Gardai have confirmed that a 16-year-old youth has been arrested in Dublin in relation to six hoax bomb calls that took place in Leitrim and Sligo recently. There were two hoax bomb calls made to Tesco in Carrick-on-Shannon on Wednesday, January ...

29 Jan 2018 at 18:08

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Pensioner who put bomb on bus and made hoax bomb threats during Queen’s State visit to Ireland seeking appeal to be heard in Irish

A pensioner who put a bomb on a bus bound for Dublin, and made hoax bomb threats during the Queen of England’s State visit to Ireland, is seeking to have his appeal heard in Irish. Donall Billings (67), with an address at St Bridget’s Court, ...

14 May 2018 at 17:58

Northern Ireland

Woman ‘searched for husband and son for years’ after Omagh bomb

A woman whose husband and son were killed in the Omagh bomb has described how years after the blast she would drive around looking for them, believing they were still alive. Edith White said she would also regularly change her son Bryan’s ...

04 Feb 2025 at 16:31

Northern Ireland

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

The second youngest victim of the Omagh bomb had been due to be a flower girl at her uncle’s wedding when she was killed in the blast. Breda Devine, who was 20 months old, had been with her mother on a shopping trip to the centre of the ...

29 Jan 2025 at 13:58

Northern Ireland

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

Hope has been expressed that the Omagh Bombing Inquiry will be the “beginning of the end” for the bereaved in their pursuit of answers. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 dissident republican bomb attack in the ...

28 Jan 2025 at 12:12

Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb in Derry

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Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb Derry

A suspected petrol bomb has been thrown at a police vehicle in Derry. The incident happened in the Shearwater Way area of Derry at around 10am on Saturday as officers attended a reported incident. The PSNI said the vehicle then came ...

15 Apr 2023 at 18:05

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'Reprehensible' - Viable pipe bomb found in Co Antrim after security alert

A small viable pipe bomb has been made safe following a security alert in Co Antrim. The alarm was raised in the Tullyview area of Loughguile shortly after 8.50am on Sunday morning (January 16). Police responded to a report that a ...

18 Jan 2022 at 11:01

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

The widower of one of the victims of the Omagh bombing had “demanded accountability” but was “met with wall of silence”, a public inquiry was told. It came as the second week of commemorative hearings for the victims at the Omagh ...

06 Feb 2025 at 14:00

National News

Former Irish cabinet minister voices concern over lack of parallel Omagh inquiry

A former Irish cabinet minister has raised concerns about the failure of the government in Ireland to commission its own inquiry into the Omagh bombing. Charlie Flanagan, who served as both a justice and foreign affairs minister,...

02 Feb 2025 at 22:06

Northern Ireland

Concern expressed that Omagh Bombing Inquiry won’t uncover full truth

Concern has been expressed that a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb will not be able to uncover the full truth. Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford, 16, was among the 29 people killed in the dissident republican bomb ...

29 Jan 2025 at 11:45

National News

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

A “one in a million” mother fatally injured in the Omagh bomb apologised to her husband moments before she died, a public inquiry has heard. Geraldine Breslin’s son Gareth McCrystal, speaking publicly about her death for ...

30 Jan 2025 at 14:51

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