Minister rejects Omagh claims

Justice Minister John O’Donoghue has said that the gardaí totally deny allegations that they received advance information which could have prevented the 1998 Omagh bombing.

It emerged yesterday that the Police Ombudsman in the North, Nuala O’Loan, has uncovered claims that an informer gave gardaí information about a possible attack, but they never passed the tip-off to their colleagues in the RUC.