Former officer claims ‘Garda-MI5 source’ linked to Omagh bomb plot

Police officers and firefighters inspecting the damage caused by a bomb explosion in Market Street, Omagh. File picture: Press Association

A former senior police officer investigating the Omagh bombing has said there was an “absolute failure” of counter-terrorism policing in the lead-up to the 1998 atrocity.

Norman Baxter, former head of the Serious Crime Branch at the PSNI, also said there was a “Garda-MI5 source” involved in carrying out the attack.