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.

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

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

Michael Gallagher, whose son, Aidan, was killed in the Omagh bombing, said the case had been a disaster for the Omagh families.

THE Omagh bomb trial was dramatically halted yesterday when the senior defence lawyer revealed he was unfit to proceed after leaving his sickbed.

The man accused of Northern Ireland’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast today.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are bracing themselves for a harrowing new ordeal as the man accused of the North’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast tomorrow.

The husband of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing joined fellow victims of world terror attacks at a conference in Colombia.

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.

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.

Families of victims of the Omagh bomb welcomed reports today that FBI agent David Rupert may testify against Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt in a civil action.

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.

RELATIVES of those who died in the Omagh atrocity yesterday said they owed it to the victims to pursue their civil action against Michael McKevitt, who they described as a terrorist who led an organisation that killed innocent people.

A man who lost his wife in the Omagh bombing has described the humiliating ordeal forced on his sister, and others, who had to strip in front of lawyers assessing compensation for their injuries.

Relatives of the victims of the Omagh bombing have criticised the British and Irish governments’ failure to take action against the suspected Real IRA members believed to have been behind the blast.

Northern Ireland’s police chief Ronnie Flanagan today met relatives of the Omagh bomb victims to ‘‘correct distortions’’ about his handling of the investigation into the atrocity.

All the terrorists who bombed Omagh can still be brought to justice after the police inquiry in Northern Ireland is given new leadership, a senior British detective claimed today.

Colm Murphy, the only man to be convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing has served jail sentences on both sides of the Atlantic for his role in terrorism.

The British government is set to face demands by the Omagh relatives for a full public inquiry into the bombing of the town, which left 29 people dead, it emerged today.

Northern Ireland’s police chief was under pressure today following the revelation that Special Branch failed to alert senior officers about a threatened terrorist strike to take place in Omagh on the day of the Real IRA atrocity.