Woman burned in Omagh bombing was ‘given last rites four times’

Woman burned in Omagh bombing was ‘given last rites four times’

Omagh bombing survivor Donna-Marie McGillion, who wed fellow survivor Garry McGillion and will see her daughter Cara perform at the memorial event that marks the 20th anniversary of the blast, as their 17-year-old has penned a song about the atrocity.

A woman who suffered horrific burns in the Omagh bombing has told how she was given only a 20% chance of survival and was administered the last rites four times in hospital following the explosion.

Donna-Marie McGillion, who was placed into a coma for more than six weeks, said she had believed there would not be a terrorist attack in the town in August 1998 as the Good Friday peace deal had been signed months earlier.

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