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A public inquiry has been launched into the Omagh bombing.

Tús curtha le fiosrúchán poiblí faoi bhuamáil na hÓmaí.

A public inquiry into the murder of 29 people, including a woman who was expecting twins, in the Omagh bombing in Co. Tyrone in 1998 began this morning.

Cuireadh tús ar maidin inniu le fiosrúchán poiblí faoi dhúnmharú 29 duine, bean a bhí ag súil le cúpla ina measc, i mbuamáil na hÓmaí i gCo Thír Eoghain i 1998.

29 people were killed and 220 others injured when a car bomb left by the Real IRA exploded in the centre of Omagh on the evening of Saturday 15 August 1998.

Maraíodh an 29 agus gortaíodh 220 duine eile nuair a phléasc buama i ngluaisteán a bhí fághta ag an bhFíor-IRA i lár na hÓmaí tráthnóna Dé Sathairn an 15 Lúnasa 1998.

The public inquiry was established to determine whether there was an opportunity to prevent the massacre in advance.

Bunaíodh an fiosrúchán poiblí lena fháil amach an raibh deis ann roimh ré an sléacht a chosc.

In 2021, a judge at the High Court in Belfast said that it was highly likely that the security services could have prevented the bombing if they had acted properly in advance.

In 2021, dúirt breitheamh san Ardchúirt i mBéal Feirste gur róchosúil go bhféadfadh na seirbhísí slándála an bhuamáil a chosc dá ngníomhóidís mar ba cheart roimh ré.

Judge Mark Horner said the security services had important information about the activities of the Real IRA on both sides of the border before the attack.

Dúirt an Breitheamh Mark Horner go raibh eolas tábhachtach ag na seirbhísí slándála faoi ghníomhaíochtaí an Fhíor-IRA ar dhá thaobh na teorann roimh an ionsaí.

It is known that police intelligence in the North received a telephone call eleven days before the massacre from an unknown person claiming that there would be a bombing attack in Omagh on August 15th.

Tá a fhios go bhfuair lucht faisnéise na bpóilíní sa Tuaisceart glao teileafóin aon lá dhéag roimh an sléacht ó dhuine anaithnid a mhaígh go mbeadh ionsaí buamála san Ómaigh ar an 15 Lúnasa.

That person did not provide any information about when or where exactly the attack would occur.

Níor thug an duine sin aon eolas faoi cén t-am ná cén áit go baileach a dtarlódh an t-ionsaí.

However, intelligence sources did not forward any information to the local police in Omagh.

Níor chuir lucht faisnéise aon eolas ar aghaidh chuig na póilíní áitiúla san Ómaigh, áfach.

The public inquiry is taking place at the Sruthla Arts Centre in Omagh and is chaired by former senior civil servant Andrew Turnbull.

Is in Ionad Ealaíon na Sruthla san Ómaigh atá an fiosrúchán poiblí ar siúl agus is é an t-iar- státseirbhíseach sinsearach Andrew Turnbull an cathaoirleach.

To begin with, the relatives of the deceased are giving a personal account, one by one, of the lives of each of the 29.

Mar thús, tá cuntas pearsanta á thabhairt ó inniu ag gaolta na marbh, ina nduine agus ina nduine, ar shaol gach duine den 29.

They are also giving an account of how the killing affected them.

Tá cuntas á thabhairt acu freisin ar an gcaoi a ndeachaigh an marú i gcion orthu.

That part of the investigation is expected to last two weeks.

Ceaptar go mairfidh an chuid sin den fhiosrúchán coicís.

The people who were injured in the bombing will later give an account of what happened to them that day and since.

Na daoine a gortaíodh sa bhuamáil, tabharfaidh siadsan cuntas ina dhiaidh sin ar ar bhain dóibh féin an lá úd agus ó shin.

Emergency workers who went to the scene of the horror will later tell their own story again.

Oibrithe éigeandála a chuaigh chuig láthair an uafáis, inseoidh siad a scéal féin ina dhiaidh sin arís.

All statements are being livestreamed online.

Tá na ráitis ar fad á mbeoshruthú ar líne.

It is currently estimated that evidence will not be presented to the inquiry until early s...