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Omagh Bombing Inquiry. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.

8 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 4 July 2016
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Omagh Bombing Inquiry

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee · Non-affiliated Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary excerpt

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

Answering body: 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...

Original parliamentary record

Omar Bombing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Alex Burghart · Conservative Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 763, by when he plans to have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Irish government on their co-operation wit

Government answer

Answering body: 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, causing immea...

Original parliamentary record

Omagh Bombing Inquiry

Written Question House of Lords
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown · Democratic Unionist Party Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary excerpt

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

Answering body: 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...

Original parliamentary record