Police in the North have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object which caused a massive security alert in Omagh.

MICHAEL McKEVITT, one of four men found liable for the 1998 Omagh bomb in a civil action taken by relatives of the dead, is coming towards the end of a 20-year jail term for directing terrorism. He was also convicted of membership of the Real IRA. He had a cancerous kidney removed in May.

Almost 250 suspected dissident republicans and 25 gang members were arrested within the last year under emergency anti-terror and organised crime laws.

The trial of a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing will go ahead, a prosecutor said.

Police intelligence officers withheld some information from detectives investigating the Omagh bombing in which 29 people were killed, a new probe has found.

The Northern Secretary said today that she refused to commission a cross border judicial inquiry into the Omagh Bombing because it would not provide the families with new information.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has rejected a call for a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

Two republicans have been found liable for the Omagh bombing following a landmark civil action taken by relatives of some of the victims.

A judgment in the civil retrial of two republicans accused of responsibility for the Omagh bombing is due today.

A judge in the civil retrial of two men accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing has warned lawyers that he will not let it be held up by endless delays.

The son of a man who was convicted but later cleared of the 1998 Omagh bombing has today been granted bail pending an appeal against his conviction for explosives offences.

A public inquiry into the infamous Omagh bombing would uncover "unnerving secrets" of security force failings, one of those bereaved by the atrocity said.

The only celebrity to be interviewed by all four Late Late Show presenters said he hopes the RTÉ show will go on forever.

A bomb discovered by police in Co. Down was more powerful than the device used by the Real IRA in the Omagh bombing in 1998.

A man left distraught by the loss of his wife, murdered in the infamous Omagh bombing, has died.

British spies have foiled “many” terrorist plots in the North in the past six months, the British government said today.

New evidence on the Omagh bombing has emerged to strengthen calls for an international inquiry into the atrocity, bereaved families have said.

Two men have successfully appealed against a High Court ruling that held them responsible for the Omagh bombing today, but two others had their appeals dismissed.

TWELVE years ago, almost eight decades after the FAI had been founded, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland faced one another in a senior international friendly for the very first time.

A massive 500lb bomb has been discovered in Newry packed in a wheelie bin in a van stolen from Co Kildare.

A man whose son died in the Omagh bombing of 1998 has branded the latest murderous attack in the town a “double insult”.

Police investigative bias led to the IRA being wrongly blamed for a Belfast pub bombing in which 15 people died, the Police Ombudsman said today.

An FBI agent whose evidence was crucial in the case against a dissident republican leader found liable for the Omagh bombing is a pathological liar, an appeal court heard today.

Four dissident republicans will today begin a court appeal after they were successfully sued by families bereaved in the Omagh bombing.

STAFF at little Zoe Butler’s school have met with psychologists who will help her classmates come to terms with their friend’s sudden and tragic death.

OUR history has many patterns but one of the most obvious and disheartening is the time-honoured scourge of violent minorities refusing to accept decisions reached by the most democratic and inclusive processes.

Fears of an escalation in dissident republican terrorist attacks heightened tonight after a car bomb wrecked buildings near the centre of Derry.

Northern Ireland's First Minister has said the raising of the threat level to Britain from dissident republicans is "worrying".

The Taoiseach Brian Cowen is coming under pressure to help establish a cross-border inquiry into the Omagh bombing by relatives of the victims.

The trial of a man accused in connection with the Omagh bombing continued at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Detective Garda denied at the Special Criminal Court today that he had perjured himself when he gave evidence almost nine years ago in the trial of Colm Murphy in connection with the Omagh bombing in 1998.

A Garda interview with a man accused in connection with the Omagh bombing was rewritten, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Two garda detectives who interviewed Colm Murphy, who is accused in connection with the Omagh bombing, were cleared of perjury and forgery charges, the Special Criminal Court heard yesterday.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that he ordered the continued detention of Colm Murphy, accused of conspiracy in connection with the Omagh bombing, because he suspected he was involved in the possession of explosives in August 1998.

The retrial of a Louth building contractor on conspiracy charges connected with the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bombing has opened at the new Criminal Court Complex.

Hugh Orde’s tenure as the North's Chief Constable ends today after seven years in charge of policing the region.

The North's outgoing police chief has today accused the Stormont administration of not doing enough to tackle segregation and division in the region.

A key garda witness in the retrial of building contractor Colm Murphy in connection with the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bombing has died, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The British government insulted MPs trying to scrutinise a key Omagh bomb report when it denied full access, an influential House of Commons committee said today.

The PSNI have begun the process of reviewing all the evidence around the Omagh bombing to see if they can bring new charges against the man acquitted last year of involvement in making the bomb.

The verdict in a multi million legal action against five men accused of the Omagh bombing will be delivered tomorrow.

Organised crime suspects will face non-jury trials in a planned extension of anti-terrorism laws, it was announced today.

Loyalist paramilitaries could be moving towards decommissioning their weapons, the North's Secretary of State Shaun Woodward said today.