Family of Olive Hawkes ‘torn apart’ in aftermath of Omagh bomb

The hearing room at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, Co Tyrone, ahead of the first substantive hearing in the Omagh Bombing Inquiry (Michael Cullen/Ulster Herald/PA) - (PA Wire)

The family of Olive Hawkes was “torn apart” after the Omagh bomb when the much-loved mother and wife was killed while doing her regular Saturday shopping.

Mrs Hawkes, a 60-year-old mother-of-two, was remembered at the Omagh Bombing Inquiry on Tuesday by her son and daughter, Mark Hawkes and Mandy Walker.