Omagh bomb accused facing preliminary hearing today

Preliminary hearings in the trial of a south Armagh man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the Omagh bombing are due to get underway in Belfast today.

Thirty-nine-year-old Sean Hoey, from Molly Road in Jonesboro, is facing a total of 61 charges connected to alleged dissident republican activity, including the 29 Omagh murders.