But the Omagh bomb was by far the RIRA's most deadly attack. Nine children, including a baby, were among the dead. More than 200 other people were wounded, some of whom survived with life-changing injuries. Three days after the 1998 attack, the Real IRA released a statement claiming responsibility for the explosion.

An independent public inquiry into a 1998 bombing in Omagh in Northern Ireland in which 29 people were killed and 220 injured, the worst atrocity of "The Troubles," opened with testimony from victims' families.

Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed the Troubles in Northern Ireland. However, just four months after the peace accord was signed, an attack on the town of

Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford was killed in the blast, said the Irish Government should be a full participant.

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 Tyrone town,

Nolan spoke to Alan Rodgers from the Ulster Herald and to Claire Hayes - her brother Alan Radford was killed in the Omagh bomb - he was just 16. We use cookies to give you the best online experience.