The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is continuing to hear personal statements from those affected by the 1998 Real IRA atrocity.

A public inquiry is continuing to hear personal statements from witnesses and people affected by the Real IRA bombing in August 1998.

Suzanne Travis was a 20-year-old student when the Real IRA bomb exploded in 1998.

Jim Sharkey was working as a newsagent in the Co Tyrone town in 1998 when it was devastated by a Real IRA bomb.

David McSwiggan told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that he had repeatedly returned to the scene of devastation immediately after the explosion.

Caroline McKinney gave evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry sitting beside her daughter Niamh.

Nicola Marlow was with her older sister Jolene when the Real IRA bomb exploded in the Co Tyrone town.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is hearing accounts from survivors and people who were injured in the 1998 Real IRA massacre.

Kevin Skelton gave evidence about the final moments of his wife Philomena, who died in the 1998 Real IRA bombing.

A statement was read to a public inquiry on behalf of the family of Veda Short.

The inquiry heard about the life of Elizabeth Rush, whose husband Laurence was an active campaigner in calling for a public inquiry.

The children of Sean McGrath have described their devastation at their father’s death, three weeks after he was injured in the Omagh bombing.

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the Real IRA attack on August 15th, 1998

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is examining whether the 1998 atrocity could reasonably have been prevented by UK authorities.

Bryan White, 27, was shopping in Omagh with his father Fred when the bomb exploded.

A statement from the mother of Oran Doherty was read to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry on Monday.

A tribute written by Esther Gibson’s four younger sisters was read to public inquiry into the 1998 bombing on Monday.

Charlie Flanagan questioned whether all key information held in the Republic of Ireland would be made available to the UK inquiry into the bombing.

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

It came on the second day of commemorative hearings at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town.

Breda Devine was killed in the dissident republican bomb attack in the Co Tyrone town in 1998

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

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.

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.

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

Sean McGaughey, who was from the Omagh area, was involved in a crash on December 22.

The assurance was given by mining company Dalradian during the first day of the inquiry in Co Tyrone.

An application has been made to mine for gold in the Sperrin mountains in Co Tyrone.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry will host four weeks of commemorative and personal statement hearings in January and February of next year.

Kamile Vaicikonyte, who died in a crash on the A5 earlier this year, had been a pupil at St Ciaran’s College in Ballygawley.

Some 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the atrocity on August 15 1998.

The inquiry will hear opening statements from chair Lord Turnbull and his counsel Paul Greaney KC during a sitting at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh.

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the blast, said the bomb was planned, prepared and delivered from the Republic of Ireland.

The bomb exploded in the Tyrone town on August 15th, 1998, killing 29 people

It is believed that flammable liquid was poured through the letterbox of the house

A number of properties were also searched in the Belfast area on Tuesday.

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher paid tribute to John Caldwell’s ‘tremendous and selfless courage’ as he continues to recover from his injuries

The dissident republican bomb exploded in the Tyrone town on August 15th, 1998, killing 29 people

The UK government ordered an independent inquiry into the 1998 Real IRA atrocity last year

The court heard that Alan Lundy made no reply to the accusations after being questioned for over seven hours.

The senior officer was seriously injured in a shooting in Co Tyrone last year.