I knew in my heart she was gone, says bomb victim's mum

The decease of a 17-year-old miss successful the Omagh bombing "defined her family's existence," a nationalist enquiry has heard.

Brenda Logue was buying with her parent successful the County Tyrone municipality erstwhile the brace were caught up successful the detonation successful August 1998.

The Real IRA weaponry killed 29 people, including a pistillate who was large with twins.

Mary Logue's words astir her beloved girl were work to the enquiry connected her behalf due to the fact that she died from crab past November.

She had prepared a connection earlier she died and it was work to the enquiry by her son, Cathal Logue.

Mary's connection said the time began similar "any mean Saturday" and she was with Brenda successful a municipality centre store erstwhile the Real IRA weaponry detonated.

"The past happening I retrieve of Brenda was her ponytail swishing arsenic she walked retired of the door," she wrote.

"The blast threw maine backmost into a partition and I would beryllium knocked unconscious, oregon truthful I was told.

"When I came astir I knew successful my bosom she was gone. But I got up and went to look for her, it was similar a country from a catastrophe movie.

"I won't spell into item but the things I saw that time are the things that haunt my dreams - the sounds, the screams."

Brenda was a talented Gaelic footballer and fought - and won - the close for girls astatine her schoolhouse to deterioration trousers.

Mrs Logue did not acceptable ft successful the mediate of Omagh municipality centre again aft the bombing.

When she was diagnosed with cancer, she said her consultants were "baffled" erstwhile she replied it was not the worst quality she had ever received.

"Losing a kid is each parent's worst nightmare and I person lived with that nightmare each time for the past 26 years."

Brenda's exam results arrived 2 days aft her decease - she had been readying to survey leisure and tourism astatine college.

The enquiry besides heard from the parent of 17-year-old weaponry unfortunate Jolene Marlow.

Bridie Marlow said she had ever "secretly dreaded" her girl leaving location to survey successful Belfast successful lawsuit the Troubles flared up again.

But successful a unspeakable twist of fate, she was alternatively killed successful her location municipality of Omagh.

Bridie Marlow's statement, work connected her behalf to the inquiry, said her girl was denied the accidental to execute her life's afloat potential.

An world child, she sat her Eleven Plus exam astatine lone 10 years of property and was a twelvemonth younger than astir of her classmates successful Loreto Convent successful Omagh.

She was besides a talented gaelic shot subordinate who played for Macartan Ladies GFC.

Just a week earlier the Omagh bomb, she had been a cardinal subordinate successful the squad which won their archetypal ever region final.

Jolene had been readying to survey physiotherapy astatine assemblage successful Belfast.

"Little did we cognize past that our location municipality of Omagh wherever Jolene had attended school, had a part-time job, was learning to drive, socialised and shopped, would beryllium the existent spot wherever she would beryllium denied each of her hopes and her dreams of her agleam future," Bridie's connection said.

Inquiry president Lord Turnbull said the enquiry had heard "so galore times" the heartbreak of a parent whose kid was killed successful the bombing.

He said Jolene was connected the cusp of a caller breathtaking life, with truthful overmuch up of her.

Bryan McCrory, 54, was described by his household arsenic a "gentle giant" whose nonaccomplishment is intolerable to convey.

His daughter, Louise McCrory, described him arsenic an unassuming, good-natured, quiescent and much-loved man.

Her connection was work to the inquiry, and past a enactment of photographs of Bryan astatine antithetic household events was displayed.

His girl said since the 1998 bombing household occasions had been "overshadowed" by his "immeasurable loss".

She said helium missed the large events, but besides tiny time to time things, "the elemental enjoyment of conscionable being together, eating household dinners, oregon adjacent thing arsenic elemental arsenic having a cupful of tea".

Each of his children began their wedding days with a sojourn to his grave.

He was a keen lensman and was successful Omagh connected the time of the bombing to get immoderate photos developed whilst picking up a prescription.

"My dada Bryan McCrory was not conscionable a sanction connected a database oregon an representation successful a collage of beauteous faces that were mislaid that day," Ms McCrory said.

"He was a loving husband, and an astonishing father, brother, uncle, colleague, neighbour and a bully person to many."

She said helium was "beyond patient" and she could not callback him ever raising his dependable to them.

Three days aft the 1998 attack, the Real IRA released a connection claiming work for the explosion.

It apologised to "civilian" victims and said its targets had been commercial.

Almost 27 years on, no-one has been convicted of carrying retired the murders by a transgression court.

In 2009, the justice successful that lawsuit ruled 4 of the men - Michael McKevitt, Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly were each liable for the Omagh bomb.

The 4 men were ordered to wage a full of £1.6m successful damages to the relatives, but appeals against the ruling delayed the compensation process.

A 5th man, Seamus McKenna, was acquitted successful the civilian enactment and aboriginal died successful a roofing mishap successful 2013.

After years of campaigning by relatives, the nationalist enquiry was acceptable to up analyse if the Real IRA onslaught could person been prevented by UK authorities.

This signifier of the enquiry is successful its 2nd week and is continuing to perceive almighty idiosyncratic testimonies from relatives who mislaid loved ones successful the explosion.

Taking spot astatine Strule Arts Centre successful Omagh, the signifier volition past 4 weeks and volition besides perceive grounds from archetypal responders.

The bombers planned and launched the onslaught from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish authorities has promised to co-operate with the inquiry.

However, the victims' relatives wanted the Irish authorities to bid its ain abstracted nationalist inquiry.

Dublin antecedently indicated determination was nary caller grounds to merit specified a move.