A man shot six times in 2003 was killed because he stood up to dissident republicans, an inquest heard today.

Three men arrested during a Garda Special Branch investigation into the activities of the Continuity IRA in Co Wexford faced new explosives and ammunition charges at the Special Criminal Court today.

The North’s recently appointed Victims Commissioner today had talks with the relatives of those killed and injured in the Omagh bomb.

Four men arrested in connection with an alleged Real IRA attempted firebomb attack on a house in Co Cork earlier this week were charged with membership of an illegal organisation at the Special criminal Court in Dublin today.

Four men suspected of Real IRA membership are due in court after an alleged attempt to blow up a house.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question two men on the activities of the Real IRA.

French police today arrested five people suspected of links to the Real IRA and uncovered a cache of weapons.

French police have arrested five people suspected of aiding the Real IRA.

It has been reported that French police have arrested five people suspected of Real IRA links.

The Real IRA tonight issued a death threat against Denis Bradley, the vice-chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.

Gardaí have confirmed that their investigation into a suspected Continuity IRA training camp in Comeragh Mountains will continue until tomorrow.

Gardaí are today to resume their search in the area around the Tipperary/Waterford border where they discovered a suspected terrorist training camp, yesterday afternoon.

The Green Party has demanded that the Taoiseach reveal the whole story behind allegations that his Government brokered a ceasefire deal with the Real IRA after the Omagh bombing.

Two men have been charged with membership of the IRA and possession of semtex and ammunition at the Special Criminal Court today. One of the men was also charged with possession of an assault rifle at his home in Limerick.

Two Limerick men are due to appear before the Special Criminal Court later this morning in connection with the recovery by gardai of a number of weapons and ammunition earlier this week.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has told the Dail that his Government had no contacts with the Real IRA following the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte has said that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern still has many questions to answer about alleged contacts between his Government and the Real IRA after the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has dismissed reports today that the Irish government had contact with the Real IRA terrorist group soon after the Omagh bombing.

The deputy leader of the Ulster Unionists says that his party is prepared to implement the Good Friday Agreement provided that republicans are committed to peace.

The Government tonight rejected new claims of a deal with Real IRA terrorists responsible for the Omagh outrage in a bid for a ceasefire by the paramilitary group.

The Taoiseach is under increasing pressure to make a full statement in response to reports that the government had secret talks with the Real IRA not long after the Omagh bombing in 1998.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern faced new pressure today over allegations of contacts with the Real IRA soon after the terror group’s bombing of Omagh, County Tyrone, in 1998.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is demanding a statement from the Taoiseach on the Government's alleged contacts with the real IRA after the Omagh bombing in 1998.

The Real IRA tonight pledged more violence even though an internal row left the organisation split.

The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for a failed attack at Castlederg Police Station in Co Tyrone last night.

The father of a man killed in the Omagh bombing is asking the Government to say whether this week's announcement by prisoners linked to the Real IRA is part of a deal.

With the deaths of 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bombing, the Real IRA succeeded in carrying out the worst single atrocity in more than 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.

The Real IRA has announced that it is to disband.