Two men who were widowed in the Omagh bombing have spoken out about the conviction of Colm Murphy in connection with the Co Tyrone atrocity.

Colm Murphy's guilty verdict for conspiring to cause an explosion has been welcomed by the families of the Omagh bomb victims.

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.