New inquiry call as Omagh bombing conviction quashed

A cross-border public inquiry is the only hope of getting to the truth behind the Omagh bombing, victims’ families said tonight after the only man jailed in connection with the attack had his conviction quashed.

Colm Murphy (aged 52), from Ravensdale, Co Louth, will be freed pending a retrial subject to stringent bail conditions, including lodging sureties totalling €120,000, Dublin’s Court of Criminal Appeal ruled.