A court heard today that the 1998 mass murder bomb attack on Omagh, Co Tyrone, was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA Irish Republican terror groups.

Renewed pressure was put on the IRA to disarm today as Sinn Fein leaders met in Dublin to discuss the faltering Northern Ireland peace process.

Gardai investigating the activities of dissident republican terrorists tonight uncovered a suspected paramilitary training camp.