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Third hoax bomb scare in Limerick in a fortnight

A NUMBER of health care staff had to be evacuated from the former St Joseph's hospital on Mulgrave Street following a bomb scare this Thursday morning, which has transpired to be a hoax. Gardai were called to the scene, deploying a "considerable ...

02 Jun 2016 at 14:01

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 regularly change her son Bryan’s bed ...

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 shopping trip to the centre of the Co ...

29 Jan 2025 at 13:58

Northern Ireland

Bereaved father hopes Omagh inquiry ‘the beginning of the end’

Hope has been expressed that the Omagh Bombing Inquiry will be the “beginning of the end” for the bereaved in their pursuit of answers. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 dissident republican bomb attack in the Co ...

28 Jan 2025 at 12:12

Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb in Derry

National News

Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb Derry

A suspected petrol bomb has been thrown at a police vehicle in Derry. The incident happened in the Shearwater Way area of Derry at around 10am on Saturday as officers attended a reported incident. The PSNI said the vehicle then came ...

15 Apr 2023 at 18:05

National News

Widower of Omagh bomb victim was ‘met with wall of silence’, inquiry told

The widower of one of the victims of the Omagh bombing had “demanded accountability” but was “met with wall of silence”, a public inquiry was told. It came as the second week of commemorative hearings for the victims at the Omagh ...

06 Feb 2025 at 14:00

National News

Former Irish cabinet minister voices concern over lack of parallel Omagh inquiry

A former Irish cabinet minister has raised concerns about the failure of the government in Ireland to commission its own inquiry into the Omagh bombing. Charlie Flanagan, who served as both a justice and foreign affairs minister,...

02 Feb 2025 at 22:06

Northern Ireland

Concern expressed that Omagh Bombing Inquiry won’t uncover full truth

Concern has been expressed that a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb will not be able to uncover the full truth. Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford, 16, was among the 29 people killed in the dissident republican bomb ...

29 Jan 2025 at 11:45

National News

Shop worker fatally injured in Omagh bomb apologised to husband as she lay dying

A “one in a million” mother fatally injured in the Omagh bomb apologised to her husband moments before she died, a public inquiry has heard. Geraldine Breslin’s son Gareth McCrystal, speaking publicly about her death for ...

30 Jan 2025 at 14:51

Crime and Courts

Gardaí investigate bomb threats in Limerick city

GARDAÍ in Limerick are continuing their investigations into a number bomb threats that have taken place in the city over the past month. Last Friday, staff at Live 95fm had to evacuate the building after an anonymous ...

22 Jun 2016 at 07:03

National News

Pipe bomb found in Co Antrim village condemned as 'reprehensible' by NI police

A small viable pipe bomb has been made safe following a security alert in Co Antrim. The alarm was raised in the Tullyview area of Loughguile shortly after 8.50am on Sunday morning (January 16). Police responded to ...

18 Jan 2022 at 11:05

Northern Ireland

Family say their worlds ‘were’ shattered by murder of mother in Omagh bomb

The four children of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing have said that their worlds were “shattered” by her death in the 1998 Real IRA massacre. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry heard that 56-year-old Veda Short was a ...

10 Feb 2025 at 12:14

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