A LABOURER appeared in court yesterday accused of supplying the car used in the Omagh bomb massacre.

AN electrician accused of making the Omagh bomb is bringing in a DNA expert in a bid to prove police bias, a court in the North was told yesterday.

A multi-million pound civil action against those suspected of carrying out the Real IRA Omagh bomb atrocity will take a step forward today.

“Superspy” David Rupert will be a key witness in the Omagh bomb victims’ civil case against those suspected of carrying out the Real IRA atrocity, it emerged today.

The Nally Report into the garda investigation of the Omagh bombing has exonerated the gardaí of any wrongdoing in the run-up to the 1998 Real IRA attack.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has held two-and-a-half hours of talks with the families of the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing.

A LARGE-SCALE police and army operation to arrest a couple for questioning in connection with the Omagh bombing has been branded as “over the top” by a councillor who lives nearby.

FBI agent David Rupert agreed to testify against alleged Real IRA mastermind Michael McKevitt only after watching a heart-rending TV documentary on the Omagh bomb atrocity, he claimed today.

Families of the Omagh bomb massacre victims are seeking more than £10m (€15m) in compensation from the Real IRA suspects blamed for the atrocity, it emerged today.

The terrorist group behind the Omagh bombing made several attempts to trace an FBI agent preparing to give evidence against its alleged leader, a top garda told Dublin's Special Criminal court today.

Victims of the Omagh bombing have appealed for worldwide donations to help them sue the reputed commanders of the Irish Republican Army dissident group responsible.

A warning of Real IRA activity three days before the Omagh bombing never reached Special Branch.

The North’s police service has revealed that its chief constable, Ronnie Flanagan, held talks with police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan yesterday to discuss their feud over the report into the police handling of the Omagh bomb investigation.

A mobile phone belonging to the only man charged in connection with the Omagh bombing was used in the town on the day of the blast, a court heard today.

The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has heard how a warning received by UTV ahead of the Omagh bombing in August 1998 gave an incorrect location for the bomb.