A man who was in the house at the time was taken to hospital following the incident.
"The patients had all been moved to Omagh hospital prior to our arrival. An Ulsterbus had been used to remove casualties. "We needed body bags, we only ever carried a few in our vehicles," he says.
Ms McVeigh is survived by her son Oisín Doran (Eimear), her partner Stephen Kelly, her parents Michael and Kitty, her brothers Ronan (Elaine) and Niall (Ríona) and her sisters Michelle (Kevin), ...
Ms Harte said she was taken to Omagh hospital before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. She had suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung and had third degree burns below ...
An organiser of a carnival parade due to pass through Omagh on the day of the bombing said she believes many young children could have killed in the explosion if the event had not started late.
She was taken to Omagh Hospital but later airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. "I had a 20% chance of survival when I landed at the Royal," she added. She was placed in an induced ...
Richard Scott, who was an RUC constable in the Co Tyrone town in 1998, described scenes at a hospital following the blast as “like a scene from Vietnam”. He told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that ...
Police said it is believed an accelerant was poured through the letterbox of the house in Omagh and set alight.
A woman who suffered horrific burns in the Omagh bombing has told how she was given only a 20% chance of survival and was administered the last rites four times in hospital following the explosion.
“It is believed that an accelerant had been poured through the letter box and set alight causing significant damage to the ...
A man has been been taken to hospital following an arson attack at a house in Omagh. The fire at a property in Riverview Park was reported to emergency services at about 02:55 GMT on Saturday.