Real IRA targeting agent, court told

The terrorist group behind the Omagh bombing made several attempts to trace an FBI agent preparing to give evidence against its alleged leader, a top garda told Dublin's Special Criminal court today.

Detective Chief Superintendent Martin Callinan told the court there was a “real and very substantive” threat to American David Rupert and that the Real IRA had made a number of “extreme efforts” to find him and members of his family.