Omagh bombing was joint operation, court told

A court heard today that the 1998 mass murder bomb attack on Omagh, Co Tyrone, was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA Irish Republican terror groups.

Omagh bombing was joint operation, court told

A court heard today that the 1998 mass murder bomb attack on Omagh, Co Tyrone, was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA Irish Republican terror groups.

The description was alleged to have came from Michael McKevitt, aged 51, from Dundalk, Co Louth, the first man to be charged in the republic with directing terrorist activities, the court heard.

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