Legislation to allow for oral testimony of gardaí and other officials to be provided to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry has been given priority.

The next public hearings, due to start on March 9th 2026, have been delayed around issues of disclosure of evidence.

Residents in the Castletown Road area were described by police as ‘shaken’ by the experience.

Family members and friends were among those who gathered for the service in Omagh on Monday.

The inquiry heard that UK Government concerns on a proposed mechanism around sensitive documents had been ‘alleviated’.

Two men have been charged with preparing terrorist acts and perverting the course of justice in connection with the attempted murder of John Caldwell.

The probe is examining whether the 1998 atrocity in the Co Tyrone town which killed 29 people could have been prevented.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is hearing arguments around the appointment of a special advocate for the families this week.

The Omagh bombing on August 15th, 1998, saw 29 people killed, including a woman pregnant with twins.

Lord Turnbull said his experience to date over the cooperation of some state agencies with the inquiry had caused him to have ‘some concerns’

The Real IRA bomb in the Co Tyrone town in August 1998 killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Lord Turnbull, is hearing opening statements from core participants.

Police said the officer sustained multiple fractures to his foot along with cuts and bruises.

The pledge came after the overall pace of disclosure to the proceedings was deemed not to be fast enough by the inquiry’s counsel.

The Real IRA bomb in the Co Tyrone town in August 1998 killed 29 people.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Alan Turnbull, is holding procedural hearings in Belfast.

A PSNI detective sergeant told the court that he had executed the extradition warrant on Sean Walsh on Tuesday morning outside Newry.

Last week, the Irish government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the inquiry investigating the blast.

Baroness Nuala O’Loan was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on legacy issues.

The inquiry is examining whether the Real IRA bomb attack in 1998 could have been prevented.

The memorandum of understanding will grant inquiry access to material held by the Irish administration.

The bomb killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins, in the worst single atrocity in the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said drafts have been exchanged between his department and the inquiry

Police said it is believed an accelerant was poured through the letterbox of the house in Omagh and set alight.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is hearing statements in its final day of commemorative hearings.

Norman Haslett told a public inquiry of scenes of ‘hell’ in the aftermath of the 1998 explosion.

Retired superintendent James Baxter has been giving evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry.

Victor Barker delivered a commemoration of his son James to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is continuing to hear personal statements from those affected by the 1998 Real IRA atrocity.

A public inquiry is continuing to hear personal statements from witnesses and people affected by the Real IRA bombing in August 1998.

Suzanne Travis was a 20-year-old student when the Real IRA bomb exploded in 1998.

Jim Sharkey was working as a newsagent in the Co Tyrone town in 1998 when it was devastated by a Real IRA bomb.

David McSwiggan told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he had repeatedly returned to the scene of devastation immediately after the explosion.

Caroline McKinney gave evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry sitting beside her daughter Niamh.

Nicola Marlow was with her older sister Jolene when the Real IRA bomb exploded in the Co Tyrone town.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is hearing accounts from survivors and people who were injured in the 1998 Real IRA massacre.

Kevin Skelton gave evidence about the final moments of his wife Philomena, who died in the 1998 Real IRA bombing.

A statement was read to a public inquiry on behalf of the family of Veda Short.

The inquiry heard about the life of Elizabeth Rush, whose husband Laurence was an active campaigner in calling for a public inquiry.

The children of Sean McGrath have described their devastation at their father’s death, three weeks after he was injured in the Omagh bombing.

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the Real IRA attack on August 15th, 1998

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is examining whether the 1998 atrocity could reasonably have been prevented by UK authorities.

Bryan White, 27, was shopping in Omagh with his father Fred when the bomb exploded.