THE police investigation into the Omagh bombing atrocity remains live and viable, the head of the Northern Ireland Police Board insisted yesterday.

A new report into the Omagh bombing investigation to be published today may offer new hope that the killers can be brought to justice.

The new head of the Omagh bomb investigation is to face tough questions from victims’ relatives when he meets them for the first time next week.

A senior British police officer has been appointed to head a new investigation into the Omagh bomb atrocity in Northern Ireland, it emerged today.