Focus on victims ‘brings humanity’ to Omagh bomb inquiry – Gallagher

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was one of the victims of the Omagh bombing, speaks to the media as he arrives at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, Co Tyrone, for the first substantive hearing in the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, which will examine whether the atrocity could reasonably have been prevented by UK authorities. Commemorative and personal statement hearings will be held over the next four weeks for victims of the dissident republican bomb attack, which killed 29 people and devastated the Co Tyrone town on August 15 1998. Picture date: Tuesday January 28, 2025. - (PA Wire)

A focus on victims at the public inquiry into the Omagh bombing will “bring humanity” to proceedings, the father of one of the victims has said.

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 dissident republican blast in Northern Ireland, said it will be a difficult day.