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Public Inquiry into Omagh Bomb starts today

Jan 28, 2025 09:19 By News Northern Sound
Public Inquiry into Omagh Bomb starts today
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It'll examine whether the bombing - which was the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles - could have been prevented.

A man whose son was killed in the Omagh Bombing says the public inquiry, getting underway today, will hopefully be "the beginning of the end" after years of campaigning. It'll examine whether the bombing - which was the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles - could have been prevented.

Reporter Chelsie Kealey reports: "29 people, including a woman expecting twins, were killed in the real IRA car bomb on August 15th, 1998. Michael Gallaher, whose son Aidan was killed, says the journey to get here has been long and difficult:

"I think the wounds have never really closed; we live with it every day. we've got an empty chair around our table. What you do in those types of situations is y'know you don't move on but you learn to manage your life in a way that you can live and that's what we've had to do." The inquiry set to last several weeks.

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