A lawyer for Colm Murphy who is accused of conspiracy in relation to the 1998 Omagh bomb which killed 29 people and injured more than 300 today applied for a direction that his client should be acquitted.

A Garda interview with a man accused in connection with the Omagh bombing was rewritten, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

IRELAND’S food industry continues to lag behind in product development and in research and development expenditure, and is not achieving its potential as a major driver of economic development, it was claimed yesterday.

The Examiner’s Chief Football correspondent Liam Mackey returns to active service next week so it’s back to the benches after a run in the first team for your current mediator Allan Prosser.

A BRIGHT future for the country’s dairy industry was predicted at a Teagasc open day attended by an estimated 10,000 people at Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork, yesterday.

CLAIRE O’CONNELL’S article (Irish Examiner, March 1) quoted Professor Liam Donnelly, director of food research at the Teagasc Food Development Agency, as saying the battle against obesity was being lost, and suggesting the food industry could have “its input into providing its version of a solution”.

Two detective gardaí accused of forging notes of interview and of committing perjury during the trial of a man suspected of involvement in the Omagh bombing have been found not guilty by direction of the trial judge.

The trial of two detective gardaí accused of perjury during the 2001 trial of a suspect in the Omagh bombing has continued in legal argument at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two detectives lied under oath while giving evidence at the trial of a man accused of being involved in the Omagh bombings, a court heard today.

The trial of two detective gardaí accused of perjury in relation to evidence they gave during the trial of a man accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing is expected to begin tomorrow at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The High Court in Dublin cleared the way today for a detective garda to stand trial for perjury relating to evidence he gave during the trial of Colm Murphy over the 1998 Omagh bomb.

WITH defending champions Armagh having surrendered their crown, tomorrow’s All-Ireland U-21 football semi-finals take on added significance.

Ulster football kingpins Armagh and Tyrone have both appointed new Under-21 managers for the 2006 season.

HOPE for control of such problems as obesity and colon cancer are springing from the new Teagasc Biotechnology Food Centre at Moorepark, Co Cork.

THREE senior judges were criticised yesterday after the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled the conviction of Colm Murphy, in connection with the Omagh bombing, was unsafe.

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

Tyrone 0-12 Kerry 0-10

STRANGE to think of a Kerry team approaching an All-Ireland final without the tag of favouritism or the comfort of tradition on their side. Strange but, for tomorrow’s minor final, true.

IT may have gone unnoticed, but there is a second senior football game at Croke Park on Sunday.

KILKENNY coach Brian Cody has made two changes from the side that defeated Dublin in round one of the All-Ireland qualifiers for Sunday’s clash with Galway in the second round.

JONATHON McGEE comes back into the Dublin team for next Monday's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Donegal at Croke Park.

Colm Murphy has become the first person to be convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing.

The defence team of a man charged in connection with the Omagh bombing today disputed the authenticity of notes taken by detectives during their questioning of the accused.