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Geraldine Breslin’s son Gareth spoke publicly about his mother’s death for the first time as he gave evidence to the public inquiry into the bombing.

Debra-Anne Cartwright, 20, was working in a beauty salon in Omagh on the day of the attack in 1998.

Claire Hayes recalled her brother Alan Radford, 16, to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry on Wednesday.

Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford was killed in the blast, said the Irish Government should be a full participant.

The 1998 Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland. However, just four months after the peace accord was signed, an attack on the town of Omagh resulted in the greatest loss of life in any single incident of the…

An inquiry into the bombing in 1998 also heard how a then teenager described it as their ‘final loss of innocence’.

The sister of a young Spanish woman killed in the 1998 atrocity said it was the only support they had had in many years.

Simon Harris said he wanted to provide a ‘categoric assurance’ his government would ensure all requested material is supplied to the inquiry.

Fernando Blasco Baselga was also described as having had a strong religious faith.