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Omagh: 'It was a miracle' - Woman survived bombing while pregnant

25 years ago in August of 1998, four months after the Good Friday Agreement was signed the Real IRA detonated a car bomb in Omagh. In doing so they claimed the lives of 29 men, women and children, among them a mother heavily pregnant with twins and shattered the thin veil of peace. Kieran was joined by novelist and newspaper columnist Martina Devlin and Omagh bombing survivor, Nicola Emery to discuss...

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Omagh: 'It was a miracle' - Woman survived bombing while pregnant


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25 years ago in August of 1998, four months after the Good Friday Agreement was signed the Real IRA detonated a car bomb in Omagh.

In doing so they claimed the lives of 29 men, women and children, among them a mother heavily pregnant with twins and shattered the thin veil of peace.

Kieran was joined by novelist and newspaper columnist Martina Devlin and Omagh bombing survivor, Nicola Emery to discuss...


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