Omagh bomb victims today called for talks with the North’s Chief Constable over revelations that anti-terrorism intelligence was withheld before the atrocity.

Omagh bomb inquiry detectives are today questioning a man about serious terrorist offences.

The Irish Government was responsible for a 15-month delay in handing over DNA samples on Omagh bomb suspects to investigating detectives in the North, it was claimed tonight.

Both the Gardaí and PSNI forces must lend their support to the Omagh victims’ £10m (€14.9m) civil action against the suspects if anyone is ever to be convicted for the atrocity, it was claimed today.

FBI SPY David Rupert’s evidence in the landmark civil action against five men suspected of the Omagh bombing should be given from the United States to protect his life, a court heard yesterday.