Colm Murphy was further remanded until next October by the Special Criminal Court today while he awaits the outcome of his legal challenge to a retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

The Omagh bomb civil action must not become a private trial, the judge said today during legal discussion on what evidence should be heard in open court.

Colm Murphy has launched a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

Colm Murphy is to launch a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected to the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

THE Omagh bomb trial was dramatically halted yesterday when the senior defence lawyer revealed he was unfit to proceed after leaving his sickbed.

The trial of the suspected master bomber accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing will start in September, it was announced today.

The Special Criminal Court in Dublin today fixed a date next year for the trial of Colm Murphy, who is awaiting a retrial for offences connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998.

A man whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal was remanded on continuing bail until next January, at the Special Criminal Court today.

Colm Murphy, who is awaiting a retrial for offences connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998, had the terms of his bail varied by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Colm Murphy, whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed, was further remanded until next October, when he appeared briefly at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Colm Murphy whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal last week walked free on bail from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Colm Murphy, whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal last week, remained in custody today after a technical hitch held up his expected release on bail.

A man was arrested today for questioning about terrorism linked to the Omagh bomb atrocity.

Gerard McSorley, who played the role of Michael Gallagher in Omagh, won the award for best actor at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last night.

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.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has vowed to do all he can to bring those responsible for the Omagh bombing to justice.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will be snubbed by the families of those killed in the Omagh bomb atrocity when he visits the Co Tyrone town today.

The town of Omagh in Co Tyrone is today marking the fifth anniversary of the Real IRA bombing which killed 29 people and two unborn babies in 1998.

Justice Minister John O’Donoghue has said that the gardaí totally deny allegations that they received advance information which could have prevented the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Two men have been charged in connection with the recent bomb attacks in London and Birmingham.

Northern Secretary John Reid has praised the courage and determination of those affected by the Omagh bombing during his first visit to the Co Tyrone town.