The public inquiry into the Omagh bombing is set to begin its first substantive hearings on Tuesday, bringing together bereaved families and survivors to examine whether the 1998 atrocity could have been prevented by UK authorities. Scottish judge Lord Turnbull is overseeing the probe, which will see commemorative and personal statement hearings held over the next four weeks.
Bereaved families and survivors are expected to gather at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town on Tuesday for the inquiry which will examine whether the atrocity could reasonably have been prevented by UK authorities.
Commemorative and personal statement hearings will be held over the next four weeks. These will begin with bereaved families giving pen portrait evidence of those who died, followed by survivors, emergency services and those working in statutory organisations. The proceedings were announced by then Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris in 2023 after a High Court judgment recommended a public inquiry into alleged security failings in the lead-up to the atrocity, and also urged the Irish authorities to establish their own probe.
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