One of those who will be commemorated this morning is Alan Radford, who was 16 when he was killed.

A pupil at Omagh High School, Alan had been in the town with his mum to open a bank account.

He was due to start training as a chef the following month.

His sister, Claire Hayes, (pictured in 2023) will speak at the hearing. She was 15 when her brother was murdered.

Speaking on BBC News NI's Good Morning Ulster this morning, Claire says Alan was "the most innocent, purest, kindest human being I have ever met in my life".

"Everything Alan did was for the purpose of others, to try to make the life of somebody just that wee bit brighter, even if it was just by giving them a smile, making a comment."

He helped neighbours, babysat and cut grass - even though he had "the worst hayfever in the world".

She adds: "I remember him coming in with his eyes closed together, swollen up, sneezing, and I'd be like: 'Alan, what are you doing out cutting people's grass?' And he'd go: 'They need help, Claire.'

"That's just the person he was. He had no ounce of malice in him, no hatred, nothing."

Welcome back to our live page, where we will be following the second day of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry.

The hearing will commemorate the lives of the 29 people murdered in the County Tyrone bombing.

Wednesday morning will hear from Claire Hayes, the sister of victim Alan Radford, 16, and also commemorate toddler Breda Devine.

The afternoon session will commemorate Avril Monaghan, who was pregnant with twins, her daughter Maura, one of the youngest victims at 20-months-old, and Avril's mother Mary Grimes.

They will be commemorated by Fearghal Grimes and Aoibheann Monaghan, Avril's daughter.

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After the presentation, Rt Hon Lord Turnbull, chairman of the inquiry, tells Paloma it was "kind and generous" of her to travel from Spain to speak.

Rocio was "a talented, intelligent and caring young woman", he says.

"Her visit to Buncrana as a team leader is just one example of that willingness to give of herself to others," he adds.

"As you said, although her life was short your sister did achieve great things. She undoubtedly would have had so much more to contribute in her adult life."

Lord Turnbull thanks Paloma for the assistance she has given to the inquiry "despite the upset which revisiting [Rocio's] death no doubt brings".

He also thanks her parents and the rest of the family for taking the time to contribute to the inquiry.

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Paul Greaney KC thanks Paloma for sharing her memories of her beloved sister and experiences and he reads some of her statement, because the "words are beautiful".

"Rocio would have achieved greatness. She did during her short life and would have prospered to even greater heights had she been given the time. She would have travelled the world, helped people and been there for us as a family."

She says this impact is what's most tough to come to terms with.

She was kind, generous and spiritual, but also "down to earn and a realist".

"The impact of losing our youngest sister was brutal and changed the family dynamics. We have missed her the entire time and always will. She was a free spirit."

The inquiry is then shown a presentation of photographs of Rocio, set to music.

We have included a picture from the presentation above.

Paloma tells the inquiry that what she first expects from the inquiry is a "commemoration to the victims so they have a voice".

"The second wish is to know the truth, because the news that came to Spain was very biased and restricted," she says.

She finishes by thanking the inquiry for "allowing us to close a wound that has been open for 26 years".

Since the bomb, Paloma says the family has kept in touch with those in Buncrana, where Rocio was staying on the exchange trip.

In recent years she has sent her own son and daughter for a language exchange too and made family trips to Ireland.

She says the Irish landscape "has a very special energy but the people are extraordinary".

"We love fish and chips," she adds, laughing.

"We drink beer by tonnes," she adds.

For the fifth anniversary of the bombing, the family went to Buncrana and visited the Doherty family, who Rocio was staying with.

"They showed us the places Rocio used to love," Paloma says.

Paloma says Rocio has missed many important events, from weddings, anniversaries and birthdays to children being born.

At her sister Ana's wedding, which was beautiful, "Ana and I are convinced Rocio was taking care of everything, wherever she was," she says.

"Ana called her eldest daughter Rocio for our sister," she says.

"Ana and I have our own families and we have realised there are so many vital moments Rocio has missed but we have also realised what our parents must have suffered and felt losing their daughter."

The inquiry is told that the Ramos family received letters from all over the world offering condolences.

"It was impressive," Rocio's sister, Paloma, says.

"They came from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and other parts of the world," she adds.

"We received letters from people who didn't know our address, they simply wrote 'for the family of Rocio Abad Ramos',".

"You can imagine how many Rocios there are in Spain, but even these letters reached us".

"If anyone sent a letter, and did not get an answer, it's not that we didn't want to - we couldn't - there were so many," she adds.

Rocio and 12-year-old Fernando Blasco Baselga, who was also killed in the bomb, had a joint funeral organised by the Spanish government.

There was also a funeral in London some time later.

Paloma tells the inquiry: "From that moment on my mother said: 'I don't want any more funerals. I want my daughter to myself. I need to organise my own funeral to say goodbye to my daughter.'"

Wiping away tears, Paloma explains this smaller funeral took place in the church where Rocio was part of the youth group.

It was "filled to the brim" with friends from church, university, football - and even the pilots who flew the families to Ireland.

"It was wonderful and at the same time a very, very hard funeral," Paloma says.

"My mother thanked everyone, said some words without crying, which shows my mother is a very strong person.

"My mother said although Rocio was her daughter she did not belong to her, she belonged to the world and she belonged to God and she thanked God for the time she was able to share with Rocio on earth."

Paloma tells the inquiry that Madrid is quiet in August because people are on holiday and in those days the banks were closed.

But she says that the sad news about the Spanish young people had created energy around the city.

"There was a big reception prepared for us with a lot of media coverage. The coffins were draped with Spanish flags, and the military were parading.

"Everything had been prepared by the government," she adds.

Paloma goes on to explain that the media interest in what had happened to Rocio and Fernando made it hard for the family to grieve.

"It was mind blowing and we were not able to cope with this, to deal with the pain because of this media coverage".

"Our grief was made public, it looked like the final of the Champions League when we returned with the amount of people."

When Paloma arrived, her parents had seen Rocio already in the hospital.

"My father kissed her on the forehead," she says, as she wipes a tear from her cheek.

"In front of him was the ambassador of Spain and he said 'I've never seen so much love in a kiss'."

The following day, Paloma, Ana and their parents went to see Rocio in the morgue.

Paloma says she was "shocked by the expression of tranquility on Rocio's face".

Paloma tells the inquiry that authorities tried to protect the families, and so they didn't see the devastation on Market Street.

"The moment we came it was very official and so we were sheltered and protected."

"I kept saying that I want to go and see the place where the bomb exploded, but I was advised against it...I didn't see the scene," she says.

"We were taken to where the casualties were taken.

"I would like to thank them for sheltering us, to stop us getting very distressed," she adds.

When Paloma's flight arrived in Belfast, at a military airport, a government official met them.

He started reading Spanish names on a list and hospitals where the families could find them.

"But he kept making mistakes and re-reading the names," Paloma says as she wipes away a tear from her eye.

"This made Ana and I laugh because it would correspond to Rocio's sense of humour.

"This has been a source of laughter for years and years and in fact he is a friend of my family right now."

Paloma was travelling back from a separate holiday when Rocio was killed.

She tells the inquiry that it was her birthday and when she arrived home and saw the house full of family members she thought it might be a surprise party.

"My parents had gone to Ireland already and it was [my sister] Ana who had to assume the role of a mother and inform me about events.

"She was crying while she was telling me and I reacted with a burst of laughter because I was so nervous I couldn't control myself."

Paloma then travelled to Belfast on a military plane with families of other Spanish citizens who had lost their lives or been injured.

"When the Omagh bomb occurred my parents received a call at about 03:00 in the morning from the organisation through which Rocio had come to Ireland," Paloma tells the inquiry.

Her mum was told not to be afraid but that the organisation "did not know where Rocio was".

Her parents then told her sister Ana who was on holiday in the Pyrenees, but with someone who had a mobile phone.

Ana was told that something had happened in Omagh, but her parents didn't know what had happened to Rocio.

Paloma tells the inquiry that, for Ana, the five hour drive back to Madrid was the "five most difficult hours of her life".

"When she was coming from the Pyrenees, she was with friends in the car and they were listening to the news and she heard the names of the wounded and the casualties being read out," Paloma says.

"In the beginning she didn't hear Rocio's name, but she realised the magnitude of the bomb."

Eventually, Ana heard Rocio's name on the list.

Paloma says that for people in Omagh it must be "extremely difficult" to walk down the street where the bomb exploded.

"Every time you walk along you would remember the event," she says.

For her family, the airport is a difficult place as it was the last place her family saw Rocio alive as they dropped her off for her flight with the exchange group.

When she died in the Omagh bombing, Rocio, 23, had just finished her degree.

She was a team leader on the language exchange trip.

"She was super excited about the trip but she was a little afraid of the responsibility," Paloma tells the inquiry.

Rocio used a vest Paloma gave her with lots of pockets to keep important documents for the group.

Paloma says her sister was about to start her life as an adult.

"She had aspirations to become a Biology teacher, to teach students at a school," she adds.

Rocio Abad Ramos has a "nature that was very fun, and she liked enjoying herself" her sister Paloma tells the inquiry.

"She was 19, so that's normal."

Paul Greaney KC asks if Rocio had ambitions to get married.

"She used to go to weddings and remark that everyone was in fancy dress," Paloma says.

"She used to tell me that when she got married, she'd like to dress normally so she doesn't have to force her guests to come as anything other than themselves".

Image source, Family picture

Rocio was a keen sportsperson, excelling particularly in athletics.

"She was [the Spanish] champion at long jump for two consecutive years," Paloma tells the inquiry.

She was also a committed student.

"She was lucky because she was very smart," Paloma says.

"She could have very good marks without studying a lot."

When she was 17, she graduated from school with high grades and got a scholarship for university to study Biology.