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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’.

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the blast in 1998, has pressed British and Irish governments to co-operate fully with inquiry.

The names of the 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, killed in the 1998 blast were read out at the inquiry on Tuesday morning.

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 blast, said he hopes the inquiry will bring him answers.

Watch again as the Omagh bombing public inquiry held its first hearing on Tuesday, 28 January.

Bereaved families and survivors are expected to gather at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town for the inquiry.

Families of children killed will speak at inquiry into whether Northern Ireland atrocity could have been stopped

Stormont departments were criticised by the chair of the inquiry as it halted on Wednesday.