Omagh bomb case to hear from 40 Garda witnesses

MORE than a dozen extra gardaí are to be called to give evidence at the Omagh bomb civil case, it was revealed yesterday.

Already, 23 gardaí are to be witnesses at the request of the legal team acting for six Omagh families in their case against the five men they believe responsible for the 1998 atrocity. The blast killed 29 people and hundreds more were injured.

The case is due to move from the High Court in Belfast to the Supreme Court in Dublin on May 12 for a week, to enable the gardaí to give evidence.