Hundreds have attended a ceremony of light and reflection in Buncrana to remember three local schoolboys killed in the Real IRA car bomb atrocity twenty years ago today. Twenty nine people died, including a woman pregnant with twins, and hundreds others were injured #OmaghBombing
Three of the victims who died in the #Omagh bombing were schoolboys from Buncrana, Donegal. Gerard McLaughlin’s brother was badly injured and his cousin Oran Doherty was one of the youngest victims killed. Gerard's been speaking to @teresamcraig.
@BelTel Yesterday the world remembered Omagh. Whilst those of us who were bereaved and sustained life changing injuries remember 15/8/18 every single day of our lives.
Thank you Nuala O'Loan for telling the world what we have known for 18 years, Omagh could have been prevented.
20 years on, hear remarkable stories of survival from many of those caught up in the worst atrocity of the Troubles.
#UpClose 'Omagh Remembers' is now available to watch online.
https://t.co/b1fhqcHNzd
Eamonn shares his memory of the Omagh bombing and talks with Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aidan in the explosion 20 years ago: "We were sacrificial lambs of the Good Friday agreement." Watch ▼
@eamonnholmes | @TaniaBryer | https://t.co/sv3MZUm41c
Our thoughts and sympathies are with the Omagh community today. Please remember our Omagh office is open and offering support to the community today @NIOgov@fermanaghomagh@PSNIFermOmagh#WAVEtrauma
@WAVETrauma@Feargal_McCann@NIOgov@fermanaghomagh@PSNIFermOmagh Many, many people will be offering silent but heartfelt sympathy to the Omagh bereaved today - but is that enough? Some families want a full inquiry into reports the bombing could have been prevented. We should also support their desperate and justifiable need for truth.
Thank you to the community in Omagh for inviting me to join with you today to mark the 20th anniversary of the Omagh bombing. Honoured to represent the Irish Government & stand with you in solidarity and support. A beautiful commemorative service
#Victims who "suffered and those who are still suffering" have been remembered at a cross-community ceremony ahead of the 20th anniversary of the #Omagh bomb.
https://t.co/HXQcGdGq65
Omagh will forever remain a unimaginable scandal. But I wonder where investigative/judicial process would have taken us had right police team been in charge from the outset. Evidential opportunities missed. Intelligence withheld. Victims and families will never have closure.