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BREAKING: Hoax bomb threats at multiple Government departments

MULTIPLE bomb threats that were made against Government offices in Dublin this afternoon have been declared hoaxes. The Departments of the Taoiseach, Enterprise and Justice as well as the Labour Court were evacuated on Friday following the threats, ...

21 Jul 2023 at 15:31

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 without such ...

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 IRA explosion ...

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 playing for ...

03 Feb 2025 at 16:09

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, appeared in the dock ...

30 Jan 2025 at 18:29

Northern Ireland

No new evidence to warrant Omagh inquiry in Ireland, minister says

There is currently no new evidence about the Omagh bomb atrocity which would warrant holding a public inquiry in Ireland, a minister has said. However, Peter Burke, Minister for European Affairs and Defence, stressed that the Irish ...

16 Aug 2023 at 17:59

Northern Ireland

Bereaved families express hope as they attend long-awaited Omagh bomb inquiry

Bereaved families have expressed hope as they arrived for the first public hearing in a long called for public inquiry into the Omagh bomb. The probe, led by chairman Lord Turnbull, is examining whether the atrocity could ...

30 Jul 2024 at 11:03

Northern Ireland

Real IRA terrorists bombed Omagh with ‘impunity’, witness tells inquiry

The Real IRA terrorists who bombed Omagh in 1998 seem to have been allowed to act with “impunity”, a witness has told a public inquiry. Simon McLarnon described how he attempted to help victims of the explosion, but was ...

19 Feb 2025 at 12:42

National News

Discovery of 100-year-old hand grenade sparks alert

THE DISCOVERY of a hand grenade - possibly dating back to the War of Independence - sparked a major alert this Friday morning. The device was found shortly after 9am at Solohead in County Tipperary. The Army Bomb squad ...

22 Sept 2023 at 14:50

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Gardaí renew appeal for information on 1972 car bombing in which Offaly teenager was killed

An Garda Síochána are renewing an appeal for information on the 1972 Cavan car bombing which killed two teenagers. At 10.28pm on December 28 1972, a car bomb exploded outside Farrelly’s Bar and McGowan’s Drapery on ...

19 Oct 2022 at 10:38

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 ...

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 ...

29 Jan 2025 at 13:58

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