A British government inquiry into intelligence files linked to the Omagh bomb should be accelerated so it can be used in court, grieving relatives said tonight.

British prime minister Gordon Brown today announced a review of intelligence material from the Omagh bombing after claims in a TV documentary that the bombers’ phones were being tapped.

Senior gardaí were today accused of turning a blind eye to allegations that a top officer wanted to bury an email casting doubt on the credibility of an FBI informant.

Phone records involving a convicted Real IRA member being sued by the families of the Omagh bomb victims should not be used in evidence as it breaches privacy rights, a court heard today.

A senior detective who investigated the Omagh bombing bent the rules when probing other serious crimes, a court heard today.

A photograph of one of five men accused of carrying out the Omagh bombing stuck out like a sore thumb in an identification album, it was claimed in court today.

A landmark civic court case against five men accused of carrying out one of the worst atrocities in the North will reopen in Dublin today.

Surveillance officers who followed the movements of a terrorist boss accused of being responsible for the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict today denied putting their heads together to make statements.

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.