Inquiry opens into 1998 Omagh bombing that killed 29
Omagh bomb campaigners Stanley McCombe (right) who lost his wife Ann and Michael Gallagher (left) who lost his son Aiden speak with media at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh where Chairman of the inquiry Lord Turnbull is convening the first public hearing into the Omagh bomb attack, July 30, 2024
THE inquiry into the 1998 bombing in Omagh town centre opened on Tuesday.
The bombing on August 15 1998 killed 29 people and was claimed three days later by a group identifying themselves as the Real IRA.
The Real IRA said at the time that its targets were “commercial” and issued an apology to “civilian” victims. But nobody has ever been convicted for the killings although Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt was found to be responsible in a 2009 civil case.
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