FRED WHITE was 60 in 1998.

The British government faces legal action within a week if it does not hand over intelligence files which could have helped catch the Omagh bombers, grieving relatives warned today.

VICTIMS of IRA atrocities are to sue the Libyan leader, Colonel Gadaffi, and his government for supplying republicans with weapons during the Troubles.

RELATIVES of the Omagh bomb victims are confident a Belfast court will order the handover of documents relating to the trials of four men suspected of carrying out the atrocity.

The families of Omagh bomb victims tonight vowed to press on with a civil action against those they believe to be behind the atrocity.

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.

TWO hundred police and soldiers stormed a south Armagh village early yesterday and arrested a man and a woman for questioning about the 1998 Omagh bombing.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell told lawyers representing the families of the victims of the Omagh bombing that the Government was “willing” to let gardaí testify in a 14 million legal action they are taking against five men they alleged were involved in the outrage.

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.

THE British Government has promised to re-examine legal aid awards to some of the five men suspected of carrying out the Omagh bomb atrocity.

Relatives of those killed in the Omagh bomb atrocity were meeting government ministers today to discuss the forthcoming civil action against five people suspected of being behind the outrage.

UK ministers are meeting relatives of the Omagh bomb victims tomorrow to discuss the forthcoming civil action against five people suspected of being behind the atrocity.

DAVID RUPERT, the FBI agent whose evidence helped convict Michael McKevitt, has signalled he may testify against the Real IRA leader in a civil case being taken by the families of the victims of the Omagh bombing.

THE Government may provide the families of Omagh victims with financial aid for their civil case against those allegedly behind the atrocity, it emerged last night.

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.

FAMILIES of the Omagh bomb massacre victims are seeking more than 15 million in compensation from the Real IRA suspects blamed for the atrocity, it emerged yesterday.

OMAGH bomb victims' relatives are meeting their lawyers this week to ensure the legal action against the men suspected of the atrocity was on course.

Omagh bomb victims’ relatives were meeting their lawyers this week to ensure the legal action against the men suspected of the atrocity was on course.

WRITS were served yesterday on three prisoners inside Portlaoise jail and two men in Dundalk in connection with the 1998 Omagh bomb outrage.

The families of the Omagh bombing victims today formally launched their bid for justice against those they believe are responsible for the deaths of their loved ones.