Parliamentary Activity
Omagh Inquiry — 8 mentions in Parliament since Jul 2016
Written Question
Lords
24 Apr 2025
Omagh Bombing Inquiry
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
Non-affiliated
→ Northern Ireland Office
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions if any they had with the government of Ireland about the Omagh Bombing Inquiry at the British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference on 24 April.
Government answer
Northern Ireland Office
The Government has the deepest sympathy for all of those affected by the Omagh bomb in August 1998. It was a terrible atrocity committed by the Real IRA at a time when the people of Northern Ireland were looking to a future without violence, and it caused...
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Written Question
Lords
09 May 2024
Omagh Bombing Inquiry
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Democratic Unionist Party
→ Northern Ireland Office
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the government of the Republic of Ireland to encourage them to hold a public inquiry into the Omagh Bombing.
Government answer
Northern Ireland Office
We all remember vividly where we were when we heard the news of that awful atrocity in August 1998, and I pay tribute to Michael Gallagher and the other Omagh families who have pursued their case with great dignity and tenacity. The Government is doing ev...
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