Anger as Omagh bomb conviction is quashed

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.

Relatives of the bomb victims expressed shock, anger and disappointment after the ruling. They said a cross-Border public inquiry was now the only hope of finding the truth behind the Omagh bombing.

Murphy, aged 52, from Ravensdale, Co Louth, will be freed pending a retrial.