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.

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.

SINN FÉIN has agreed to a meeting with relatives of the Omagh bombing victims.

Sinn Féin has agreed to a meeting with relatives of the Omagh bomb victims.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was pressured by the fathers of two Omagh bomb victims today to urge President George Bush not to entertain Sinn Féin or loyalist representatives in the White House next month on St Patrick’s Day.

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.

A representative of the families of the Omagh bombing victims, Victor Barker, is to meet Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy in Dublin later today.

Gardaí investigating the Omagh bombing are making positive progress towards capturing those responsible for the atrocity, it was claimed today.

The Irish and British governments must work together to establish an inquiry which will satisfy the relatives of the Omagh bombing, it was claimed today.

The Government will be urged to back calls for a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing today when victims’ relatives meet the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has agreed to a meeting with the father of a boy killed in the Omagh bombing after months of pressure, it was confirmed tonight.

The families of 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb would not be satisfied if a truth and reconciliation commission was set up to establish what happened, it was claimed today.

The father of a 12-year-old schoolboy killed in the Omagh bombing today confirmed he had held face-to-face talks with the political wing of the Real IRA.

LAWYERS for the relatives of those who died in the Omagh atrocity are reviewing evidence heard in the McKevitt trial before deciding whether to add more names to the €14m civil writ planned against those they claim planned the bombing.

Undercover security operations in Northern Ireland have been intensified amid fears of a bombing backlash by former associates of jailed Real IRA boss Michael McKevitt, it emerged tonight.

REAL IRA mastermind Michael McKevitt remained defiant last night as he prepared to appeal his landmark conviction for directing terrorism.

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 landmark civil action against the gang blamed for the Omagh bomb atrocity will collapse unless nearly £1m (€1.45m) is raised in the next six months, relatives warned today.

RELATIVES of those killed in the Omagh bomb said yesterday they had moved one step closer to justice following the serving of writs on men they claim were involved in the attack.

Families of the victims of the Omagh bombing have described British and Irish attempts to catch those responsible for the attack as a "mockery".

Victims of the Omagh bombing have appealed for worldwide donations to help them sue the reputed commanders of the Irish Republican Army dissident group responsible.

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.

A man whose son was among the 29 who died in the Omagh bombing has said that the perpetrators would now blame police for the loss of life.

Former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson is donating £10,000 towards a campaign to sue the alleged perpetrators of the Omagh bombing atrocity, it was confirmed today.