White’s claims on Omagh have ‘no foundation’

ALLEGATIONS by Detective Sergeant John White that gardaí ignored crucial intelligence in advance of the 1998 Omagh bombings have been unequivocally rejected by an investigation group.

White’s claims on Omagh have ‘no foundation’

In an edited version of the Nally Report published by the Department of Justice last night, the investigating group concludes that Det Sgt White may have wished to “raise a smokescreen designed to confuse juries trying charges against him”.

The report states that there was a direct connection between the difficulties he found himself in with his superiors in the Garda Síochána and with the criminal law, and the making of his allegations concerning the Omagh bombing.

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