Republican charged with Omagh murders

A high-profile republican has been charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, police said.

Seamus Daly, 43, from Cullaville, Co Monaghan, has previously been found liable for the August 1998 Real IRA outrage in Co Tyrone in a landmark civil case.

Last night, he was charged with 29 counts of murder, two charges linked to the explosion in Omagh and two counts linked to an attempted explosion in Lisburn in April 1998.