The Crown Court in Belfast has been hearing military and police evidence about a bombing in Co Armagh which is said to be linked to the explosion in Omagh that killed 29 people in 1998.

DNA evidence will be used to convict an electrician of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre, a court heard today.

The trial of an electrician accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb atrocity was adjourned today after his senior lawyer told the court that he himself was too unwell to begin the case.

The man accused of Northern Ireland’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast today.

British government funding to help the Omagh families take civil action against those they believe were responsible for the Real IRA bomb which killed 29 people has been put on hold, a court was told today.

The husband of one of the victims of the Omagh bombing has been speaking of his distress after Colm Murphy was released on bail today after his conviction for taking part in the attack was quashed last week.

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 cross-border public inquiry is the only hope of getting to the truth behind the Omagh bombing, victims’ families said tonight after the only man jailed in connection with the attack had his conviction quashed.

The father of one the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing has expressed his disappointment with the Court of Criminal Appeal's decision to quash the conviction of the only man jailed in connection with the attack.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction of Colm Murphy for conspiracy to cause the 1998 Omagh bombing.

The only man convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing is to learn today whether his appeal is successful.

Police in the North have released a 44-year-old man arrested earlier this week in connection with the 1998 Omagh bombing.

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

FBI spy David Rupert’s evidence in the landmark civil action against five men suspected of the Omagh bombing should be given from America in order to protect his life, a court heard today.

The PSNI is reportedly on the verge of charging a suspected dissident republican with offences directly linked to the 1998 Omagh bombing.

The Irish and British governments must work together to establish an inquiry which will satisfy the relatives of the Omagh bombing, 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.

The Government will be urged to back calls for a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing today when victims’ relatives meet the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

A 34-year-old man was due in court today accused of five terrorist offences after being charged by detectives investigating the Omagh bombing.

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.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims have come up against a wall of frustration south of the border, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny claimed today.

A Fianna Fail Senator who met Real IRA representatives after the Omagh bombing has defended the Taoiseach's statement to the Dáil in which he insisted that no member of the Government made contact with the Real IRA at the time.

Relatives of the Omagh bombing victims have demanded a Europe-wide probe into new claims that senior gardaí officers allowed the device to go through.

The families of 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb would not be satisfied if a truth and reconciliation commission was set up to establish what happened, it was claimed today.

A man appeared in court in Northern Ireland today charged in connection with the Omagh bomb atrocity.

A 34-year-old Omagh bomb suspect was today due in court in Northern Ireland on a range of terrorist offences.

Police in the North have secured more time to question a husband and wife arrested earlier this week in connection with the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Police were today continuing to question a man and woman about the Omagh bomb atrocity and a series of other attacks by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process in the North.

A man and woman held by police investigating the Omagh bomb atrocity were also being questioned tonight about a series of other attacks by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland.

A man and a woman are being questioned about the Omagh bomb atrocity of August 1998 which left 29 people dead, including a mother pregnant with twins.

Pressure is mounting on the Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, to provide transcripts of the Michael McKevitt trial to the families of the Omagh bombing victims.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has expressed his sympathies to the families of the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing, who are today marking the fifth anniversary of the attack.

Dissident republicans have formed new terror cells across the UK in a bid to wreck the peace process, it was claimed 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.

The British government is to provide the Omagh bomb victims’ families with the £800,000 (€1.1m) they need to take those accused of the atrocity to court.

Responding to a question from an SDLP member today, about relations between the gardai and the PSNI over the Omagh inquiry, the Chief Constable Hugh Orde said it was excellent.

A man was today arrested in connection with the Omagh bombing, gardai said.

Co Tyrone social security office staff who walked out following a loyalist threat against on-site construction workers have returned to work.

A meeting is taking place in Omagh in Co Tyrone between management and workers at a social security office where Catholic contractors were threatened yesterday by loyalists.

Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan tonight faced demands for her resignation as a new row flared over her damning assessment of the Omagh bomb inquiry.

An inquiry into the Gardai's investigation of the Omagh bombing is to release its findings in two weeks, it emerged tonight.

Relatives of victims of the Omagh bombing are today meeting the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Relatives of victims of the Omagh bombing are due to meet the Foreign Affairs Minister on Tuesday, it was today confirmed.