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...bloodiest terrorist attack to justice. It wasn't until 2007 that someone finally stood trial in Northern Ireland for the August 1998 attack that killed 29 and injured 250 when a bomb hidden in a stolen car parked on the busy High Street exploded. But the accused, Sean Hoey, was found not guilty of 29 counts of murder and other charges relating to the attack. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Omagh Families Win in Court Against the Real IRA | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...judge at Hoey's trial strongly criticized the police's handling of forensic evidence, and a subsequent report by Northern Ireland's police ombudsman claimed that the police had failed to act on intelligence reports regarding a possible bomb attack in the town. Even Sir Hugh Orde, chief constable of the police service of Northern Ireland, admitted after Hoey's acquittal that it was "highly unlikely" that anyone would be successfully prosecuted for the Omagh bombing. Prior to that, Colm Murphy - one of the five accused in the families' civil case - was sentenced to 14 years in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Omagh Families Win in Court Against the Real IRA | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...frenzy, he ran back and hit two officers—striking Officer McAuliffe in the nose and Officer Hoey on the left side of his head—before they were finally able to handcuff him, the police report said...

Author: By Anna L. Tong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Freed of Criminal Charges | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...piece criticizing President Bush’s authorization of domestic wiretapping without warrants. Online, many bloggers discussed the story and its quick disintegration, with defenders of the Bush administration particularly gleeful to find that the student had made up his account. A spokesman for UMass-Dartmouth, John Hoey, told the Globe that the student would not be disciplined as a result of his deception. That statement has sparked protest from another professor at the school, Clyde W. Barrow, director of the Center for Policy Analysis, who said the student should be suspended and forced to make a public apology...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UMass Student Admits Inventing ‘Little Red’ Tale | 1/3/2006 | See Source »

...Hoey, the UMass-Dartmouth spokesman, said yesterday that the school would no longer comment on any aspects of the incident...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UMass Student Admits Tale of Snooping Agents Was Fabricated | 12/30/2005 | See Source »

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