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Derry shopping centre reopens after bomb alert

Foyleside Shopping Centre in Derry has reopened after a bomb alert. Police sealed off the building on Tuesday following reports of a bomb had been planted in the centre. The PSNI said the security alert has ended and has been declared a hoax. Chief ...

01 Feb 2022 at 17:11

Local News

Russian TV graphic shows a nuclear device exploding 300km off the north-west of Donegal

People living in Inishowen have been shocked and worried about the latest stage in the escalation of the war or words involving Russia and the UK-NATO-American alliance. Now it appears Donegal could be in the firing line for any attack on the West....

03 May 2022 at 15:48

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Northern Ireland Secretary orders independent inquiry into 1998 Omagh bombing

The UK Government has ordered an independent inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris made a Commons statement on Thursday confirming he intends to establish the inquiry in response to a court judgment ...

02 Feb 2023 at 13:44

Local News

Families meet Inquiry chair as search for Omagh bomb justice advances

Family members of the victims met with the chair of Omagh Bombing Inquiry this week for the first time. The 25th anniversary of the bombing - the single biggest atrocity in the history of the Troubles - is on Tuesday. Twenty-nine people, ...

09 Aug 2023 at 20:10

Northern Ireland

Husband of Omagh bombing victim challenges inquiry to deliver truth for victims

A man whose wife was killed in the Omagh bombing has challenged a public inquiry to provide the truth about the atrocity to victims. Kevin Skelton said he did not trust the Irish Government to co-operate with the inquiry, adding that ...

10 Feb 2025 at 12:57

Northern Ireland

Woman tells inquiry of moment her foot was blown off by Omagh bomb

A woman who suffered horrific injuries in the Omagh bombing has told of the moment she realised the blast had severed her left foot. Suzanne Travis told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that shrapnel embedded in her leg from the 1998 Real ...

13 Feb 2025 at 17:07

National News

I will never forgive Omagh bombers, says mother of eight-year-old victim

The mother of an eight-year-old boy from Co Donegal killed in the Omagh bomb has told those responsible they will never be forgiven. Oran Doherty was described as a “great funny wee boy and a real character” who dreamed of one day ...

03 Feb 2025 at 16:09

Northern Ireland

Spanish boy killed in Omagh bomb was ‘good, happy and generous child’

A 12-year-old school boy from Madrid killed in the Omagh bomb has been remembered as a “good, happy and generous child with strong religious faith”. Fernando Blasco Baselga was part of a group of school children from Spain who ...

28 Jan 2025 at 13:51

National News

Army technicians safely secure World War 2 bomb found in Mourne Mountains

A Second World War mortar has been made safe at a natural beauty spot in Co Down. Police said a member of the public found the device, which is thought to have been buried in the ground for some time. Army technical officers ...

11 Apr 2023 at 16:38

Northern Ireland

Forensics link Martin McCauley to ‘cowardly murder’ of three RUC men, court told

Forensic evidence links a man to the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in Northern Ireland in 1982, a court has heard. Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in Naas, County Kildare, ...

30 Jan 2025 at 18:29

Northern Ireland

Man says ‘everything that happened’ in his life was a result of Omagh bomb

A survivor of the Omagh bombing has said that everything that has happened in his life since 1998 has been a result of the tragedy. Rodney Patterson told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he was standing around 40 feet ...

19 Feb 2025 at 13:48

Northern Ireland

Irish Government will not forget duty to Troubles victims – Justice Minister

Justice Minister Simon Harris has said the Irish Government will not forget its duty to victims and survivors of the Troubles. The minister’s comments come on the 49th anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings in ...

17 May 2023 at 00:00

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