{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6979f17dfbdedf640414170c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Man Whose Wife Died in Omagh Bombing Describes New Troubles Board Games as “Slap in the Face” - 28/01/2026","description":"<p>A man whose wife died in the Omagh bombing has described a new board game about the Troubles as a “slap in the face to any decent person”.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In 1998, the Real IRA detonated a bomb in the County Tyrone town, killing 29 people and injuring a further 220.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Among the dead was Philomena Skelton, who was a 39 year old mother of four children.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>On the day of the bomb, she and her family had driven into the town to go shopping for school uniforms. While Ms Skelton died, her husband and children escaped unharmed.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Kevin Skelton said he had been saddened to learn that Northern Ireland’s three decades of conflict has been turned into a boardgame.</p><p><br></p><p>Kevin joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}