An FBI agent whose evidence was crucial in the case against a dissident republican leader found liable for the Omagh bombing is a pathological liar, an appeal court heard today.

Four dissident republicans will today begin a court appeal after they were successfully sued by families bereaved in the Omagh bombing.

A badly burned victim of the 1998 Omagh bomb massacre has yet to receive a penny in compensation, it was revealed today.

The Director of Public Prosecutions in the North is to retire in September, a spokeswoman said today.

Colm Murphy walked free from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after he was cleared of a conspiracy charge in relation to the 1998 Omagh bomb which killed 29 people and injured more than 300.

The retrial of a building contractor charged over the Omagh bomb atrocity today heard he provided two mobile phones used by terrorists plotting the Real IRA massacre.

The man cleared of the Omagh bomb massacre appeared in court today charged with drink driving.

The PSNI have begun the process of reviewing all the evidence around the Omagh bombing to see if they can bring new charges against the man acquitted last year of involvement in making the bomb.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims today won a landmark multi-million pound civil action against four men they blamed for the atrocity in which 29 people died.

Omagh bomb relatives will today learn the verdict in their multimillion-pound legal action against those they blame for the killings.

The verdict in a multi million legal action against five men accused of the Omagh bombing will be delivered tomorrow.

The failure to successfully prosecute those behind the Omagh bomb might have contributed to this week’s security force deaths in the North, it was claimed today.

The North's Public Prosecution Service is coming in for further criticism following the collapse of the Northern Bank trial yesterday.

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

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.

Senior gardaí were today accused of turning a blind eye to allegations that a top officer wanted to bury an email casting doubt on the credibility of an FBI informant.

Senior gardaí were today accused of turning a blind eye to allegations that a top officer wanted to bury an email casting doubt on the credibility of an FBI informant.

Phone records involving a convicted Real IRA member being sued by the families of the Omagh bomb victims should not be used in evidence as it breaches privacy rights, a court heard today.

WE OWE the Real IRA bombers who murdered 31 people in the Tyrone market town of Omagh 10 years ago today a debt of sorts.

A lawyer for the south Armagh man acquitted of involvement in the Omagh bombing has slammed a Policing Board report criticising the trial judge.

The Omagh bombing was "a massacre of the innocents", the opening day of a multimillion-pound civil action against five men believed to be responsible heard today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting a bomb attack which killed 29 people will start today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict begins tomorrow in Belfast.

The families of the Omagh bomb victims are meeting the North's new Police Ombudsman, Al Hutchinson, for the first time later today.

A former British police chief who probed the role of the RUC Special Branch in the aftermath of the Omagh bombing has been called in to investigate the ongoing failure to convict those behind the atrocity.

The North's Policing Board has announced plans to appoint a panel of experts to carry out a review of the investigation into the Omagh bombing.

Relatives of the victims of the Omagh bombing victims are due to hold talks with members of the Policing Board later today.

FORMER police chief in the North, Ronnie Flanagan last night apologised to the families of the Omagh bomb victims for his force’s handling of the case.

An officer accused of lying during the Omagh bomb trial has been “repositioned” within the PSNI, police said.

Sinn Féin has criticised the police response to the collapse of the trial of south Armagh man Sean Hoey over the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims today welcomed a judge’s determination to start their multi-million pound civil action against those they believe responsible for the Real IRA atrocity.

The North's Policing Board is to carry out an independent review of the investigation into the Omagh bombing.

A team of independent experts is to be appointed to re-examine evidence from the Omagh bombing in an attempt to bring those responsible to justice, it emerged tonight.

The man cleared of the Omagh bomb was challenged today to fully co-operate with a cross border judicial inquiry into the atrocity.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde is set to face questions about the recent Omagh bomb trial when he appears before the Policing Board today.

Prisoners jailed on the strength of a DNA testing technique that is now under review could turn to the appeal courts in a bid to have their convictions quashed, an expert said today.

Low copy number DNA testing has been suspended by British police after Sean Gerard Hoey was cleared of any involvement in the Omagh atrocity.

UK Police have suspended the testing of “low copy DNA” following the acquittal of Omagh bomb suspect Sean Hoey, it was revealed tonight.

The North's Policing Board is seeking a meeting with the PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde to discuss the outcome of the trial.

The solicitor for the man cleared of all charges in connection with the Omagh bomb says he is considering a malicious prosecution civil action against the prosecuting authorities after yesterday's court judgement.

FURIOUS families of the Omagh victims rounded on the police last night following the not guilty verdict in the Omagh bomb trial.

Furious families roundly condemned the police today after the verdict in the Omagh bomb trial, which cleared accused man Sean Hoey of all charges.

The mother of the man cleared of all charges in connection wiuth the Omagh bombing, Sean Hoey, insisted tonight that her son was innocent.

Two officers are under investigation by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland after the judge in the Omagh bombing trial claimed they had told untruths during evidence.