The Omagh bombing was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA rather than just by the RIRA alone, the trial of the man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the 1998 atrocity was told by an FBI agent today.

Alleged Omagh bomb mass murderer Sean Hoey turned down the chance to give evidence at his trial today.

A detonator used in a terrorist plot underwent unexplained changes after it was first examined, the Omagh bomb trial heard today.

Two of the 58 charges faced by Sean Hoey in the ongoing Omagh bomb trial are to be dropped, a judge in Belfast ruled today.

Former IRA man turned British agent Kevin Fulton must be given special protection if he gives evidence at the Omagh bomb trial, a court heard today.

BOMBS made in the run-up to the republican explosion in Omagh, which killed 29 people, were all made by the same person, a witness told a court in Northern Ireland yesterday.

Bombs made in the run-up to the dissident republican explosion in Omagh, which killed 29 people, were all made by the same person, a witness told a court in Northern Ireland today.

Two detectives lied under oath while giving evidence at the trial of a man accused of being involved in the Omagh bombings, a court heard today.

The credibility and reliability of police witnesses in a terrorist bomb trial in the North should be treated with caution, a prosecutor said today.

It took police controllers 10 minutes to alert officers in the North to a bomb planted outside their station, a terrorism trial in Northern Ireland heard today.

BODIES floated down the street after the Omagh bombing blew apart a water main, the trial heard yesterday.

Dates were altered on the label attached to evidence seized from the scene of a terrorist attack on a police station, the Omagh bomb trial heard today.

DNA evidence will be used to convict an electrician of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre, a court heard today.

The trial of the suspected master bomber accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing will start in September, it was announced today.

An electrician accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre was refused bail today over fears he may flee south.

An electrician accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb atrocity tried to escape arrest by hiding in bushes, a court heard today.

RELATIVES of the Omagh bomb victims are seeking talks with the head of MI5.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are seeking talks with the head of MI5.

Detectives investigating the 1998 Omagh bombing today arrested a 34-year-old man.

A RELATIVE of one of the Omagh bomb victims has questioned why no one has been charged here with direct involvement in the 1998 atrocity.

The 36-year-old south Armagh man accused of the 29 Omagh bomb murders is due to find out today if he is to be sent forward for trial.

A magistrate will rule tomorrow on whether the Omagh bomb suspect should stand trial for the murders of the 29 people killed in the Real IRA atrocity and a host of other terrorist offences.

DNA evidence links electrician Sean Hoey, accused of the 29 Omagh bomb murders, with a series of explosions, a court heard yesterday.

An electrician accused of the 29 Omagh bomb murders has been linked to three terrorist explosions by DNA evidence, a court heard today.

A judge in the North has ruled that sufficient evidence exists to press ahead with the trial of a south Armagh man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the Omagh bombing.

Preliminary hearings in the trial of a south Armagh man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the Omagh bombing are due to get underway in Belfast today.

The 29 murder charges against the man accused of the Omagh bombing should be dropped, a lawyer demanded today.

Lawyers for a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre today launched a new bid to have the case against him halted.

A father whose son was killed by the Omagh bomb tonight called on Sinn Féin to fully cooperate with investigations into the atrocity.

An electrician charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb was today remanded in custody by Belfast Magistrates.

A 35-YEAR-OLD electrician, Sean Gerard Hoey from south Armagh, was yesterday remanded in custody charged with 61 offences relating to the Omagh bombing, including 29 murders.

A 35-year-old electrician was remanded in custody today charged with 61 offences relating to the Omagh bombing, including 29 murders.

A man questioned today about the Omagh bomb massacre was later released without charge, police said tonight.

AN electrician is to be charged later this month with murdering 29 people who died in the Omagh bomb massacre, the High Court in the North was told yesterday.

An electrician is to be charged later this month with murdering 29 people who died in the Omagh bomb massacre, the Northern Ireland High Court was told today.

An electrician accused of making the Omagh bomb is bringing in a DNA expert in a bid to prove police bias, a court heard today.