FBI agent David Rupert told the Special Criminal Court today the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael McKevitt told him the August 1998 Omagh bombing, the worst terrorist atrocity in the history of the troubles, was a joint operation by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA.

Families of the victims of the Omagh bombing have urged the British Government to extend its latest raft of anti-terrorism legislation to cover those who fund and support the Real IRA.