Flanagan apologises to Omagh families

FORMER police chief in the North, Ronnie Flanagan last night apologised to the families of the Omagh bomb victims for his force’s handling of the case.

It was the first time the ex-RUC chief constable has publicly said sorry for the botched investigation into the atrocity that claimed the lives of 29 people.

However, Mr Flanagan said he would not resign from his current role as adviser on policing, despite a judge’s recent damning condemnation of how the RUC investigated the August 1998 bombing.