A DETECTIVE sergeant threatened his garda interviewers that he had notes and tapes of his conversations with senior officers in Donegal, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

A detective sergeant threatened his Garda interviewers that he had notes and tapes of his conversations with senior officers in Donegal, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Colm Murphy whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal last week walked free on bail from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Monaghan man who is being sued by relatives of the victims of the Omagh bombing was jailed for three and a half years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for membership of an illegal organisation, namely the Real IRA.

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.

Gardai and RUC officers investigating the Omagh atrocity have again appealed for information to help them catch the bombers.