Armagh man to be charged with carrying out Omagh bombing

The authorities in the North are preparing to charge a 35-year-old south Armagh man with 29 counts of murder in connection with the 1998 Omagh bombing, according to news agency reports.

Sean Gerard Hoey, from Jonesborough, is expected to be charged in the coming weeks. If so, he will be the first person to be brought before the courts for allegedly carrying out the Real IRA attack.