£20m paid to Omagh bomb victims

Twenty-nine people died in the Omagh bombing in August 1998

Victims of the Omagh bomb atrocity have received more than £20m in compensation, it has been revealed.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said the Compensation Agency has fully resolved 826 of 852 criminal injury claims.

The figures were contained in a written reply to a question from the East Belfast MP, Peter Robinson.

Twenty-nine people including a woman pregnant with twins died in the 1998 Real IRA car bomb attack.

Of the 220 criminal damage claims, 214 have been resolved with approximately £7.5m paid in compensation, Mr Hain added.

Earlier this year, County Armagh man Sean Hoey was the first person charged with murder in relation to the bombing.