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29/11/2007
Omagh Fire Victims Funerals This Saturday
The victims of the Omagh fire tragedy, which killed all seven members of the McElhill family, are to be buried on Saturday.
Arthur McElhill, from Ederney, Co Fermanagh, Lorraine McGovern, from Bawnboy, Co Cavan, and the five children, Caroline (13), Shaun (7), Bellina (4), Clodagh (19 months) and James (nine months), died in the blaze which destroyed their home in Lammy Crescent, Omagh, earlier this month.
Following continued suspicions that the father, Arthur McElhill, set the fire that destroyed the family home - with them all trapped inside - it is understood the parents and five children of the McElhill family will be buried at separate locations.
Initial plans were for the seven to be laid to rest together, probably in Ederney, where Arthur McElhill's parents and some of his siblings still live.
But this changed following revelations that McElhill, a convicted sex abuser, is the chief suspect in the police investigation into the fire.
The place of burial of the seven victims has therefore been the subject of controversy, and has been mediated over several days last week.
The solution seems to be a funeral Mass for Arthur McElhill, Lorraine McGovern and their children being held at 10am at Sacred Heart Church in County Tyrone, followed by the separate interments.
See: Burial Of Tragic Omagh Fire Victims Delayed
(BMcC/JM)
Arthur McElhill, from Ederney, Co Fermanagh, Lorraine McGovern, from Bawnboy, Co Cavan, and the five children, Caroline (13), Shaun (7), Bellina (4), Clodagh (19 months) and James (nine months), died in the blaze which destroyed their home in Lammy Crescent, Omagh, earlier this month.
Following continued suspicions that the father, Arthur McElhill, set the fire that destroyed the family home - with them all trapped inside - it is understood the parents and five children of the McElhill family will be buried at separate locations.
Initial plans were for the seven to be laid to rest together, probably in Ederney, where Arthur McElhill's parents and some of his siblings still live.
But this changed following revelations that McElhill, a convicted sex abuser, is the chief suspect in the police investigation into the fire.
The place of burial of the seven victims has therefore been the subject of controversy, and has been mediated over several days last week.
The solution seems to be a funeral Mass for Arthur McElhill, Lorraine McGovern and their children being held at 10am at Sacred Heart Church in County Tyrone, followed by the separate interments.
See: Burial Of Tragic Omagh Fire Victims Delayed
(BMcC/JM)
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The man at the heart of a sordid sex scandal has been ruled as having killed himself and his family in a tragic house fire in Omagh. Coroner Suzanne Anderson said this morning that convicted sex offender Arthur McElhill burned the family's house down because his partner, Lorraine McGovern, threatened to leave him.
McElhill Started Horror Blaze
The man at the heart of a sordid sex scandal has been ruled as having killed himself and his family in a tragic house fire in Omagh. Coroner Suzanne Anderson said this morning that convicted sex offender Arthur McElhill burned the family's house down because his partner, Lorraine McGovern, threatened to leave him.
02 July 2008
Policing Board Tackles Omagh Fire Tragedy Aftermath
After this week's damning report by the DHSSPS on the tragic Omagh fire that killed an entire 'at risk' family last November, recommendations are to be made to the NI Policing Board after a review of the case in which a family of nine perished in a Omagh housefire.
Policing Board Tackles Omagh Fire Tragedy Aftermath
After this week's damning report by the DHSSPS on the tragic Omagh fire that killed an entire 'at risk' family last November, recommendations are to be made to the NI Policing Board after a review of the case in which a family of nine perished in a Omagh housefire.
26 November 2007
Burial Of Tragic Omagh Fire Victims Delayed
One of the most tragic stories to have yet emerged in Northern Ireland is getting a further twist as the families of the seven victims of the recent house fire in Omagh are now involved in a bitter dispute over where the bodies should be buried.
Burial Of Tragic Omagh Fire Victims Delayed
One of the most tragic stories to have yet emerged in Northern Ireland is getting a further twist as the families of the seven victims of the recent house fire in Omagh are now involved in a bitter dispute over where the bodies should be buried.
19 October 2009
Omagh Fire Tragedy Inquest Begins
A shocking house fire that killed seven members of the same family is to be recalled tomorrow as around 30 witnesses are called to give evidence at the inquest.
Omagh Fire Tragedy Inquest Begins
A shocking house fire that killed seven members of the same family is to be recalled tomorrow as around 30 witnesses are called to give evidence at the inquest.
17 July 2001
ASSEMBLY CREATE AWARD TO HONOUR FIRE SERVICE
THE Northern Ireland Fire Service is to receive the first ever award given by the province's devolved assembly. An illuminated scroll is to be presented to Chief Fire Officer John McClelland on Tuesday, by assembly speaker Lord Alderdice in tribute to the sacrifice made by fire fighters over the years.
ASSEMBLY CREATE AWARD TO HONOUR FIRE SERVICE
THE Northern Ireland Fire Service is to receive the first ever award given by the province's devolved assembly. An illuminated scroll is to be presented to Chief Fire Officer John McClelland on Tuesday, by assembly speaker Lord Alderdice in tribute to the sacrifice made by fire fighters over the years.
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