Omagh arrests a 'significant breakthrough'

A man and woman held by police investigating the Omagh bomb atrocity were also being questioned tonight about a series of other attacks by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland.

A man and woman held by police investigating the Omagh bomb atrocity were also being questioned tonight about a series of other attacks by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Officers probing the single worst terrorist outrage in the 30 years of bloodshed ordered their detention after widening their inquires in a bid to bring the Real IRA killers to justice.

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