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Real IRA not ‘overly active’, Ahern told Blair two weeks before Omagh bomb
The bombing was the single greatest loss of life of the Troubles.
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The bombing was the single greatest loss of life of the Troubles.
In July, Mr Justice Horner ruled it was potentially plausible that the attack could have been prevented.
Liam Campbell is suspected of international weapons smuggling in Lithuania.
In 2013, campaigners launched legal action in an attempt to force an inquiry into the bombing.
McKevitt was one of four men found liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing.
The alleged transfers were made by Michael Colm Murphy, a discharged bankrupt, to his former wife.
John Roche (55) and John Brock (46) were last week found guilty of possessing 167kg of explosives in the boot of a car.
The bankruptcy applications were brought by lawyers acting for relatives of those killed in the bombing.
In May 1999, a charity match was organised to raise funds for victims of the Omagh bombing. Former defender Danny Griffin recalls the game and his winning goal.
The 1998 bombing was the single worst atrocity of the Troubles.
The Real IRA car bomb killed 29 people and two unborn children.
Things got emotional.
Michael McKevitt and Liam Campbell argued that a civil trial against them was unfair.
A spokesperson for the PPS said that the evidence simply was not there to secure a conviction.
But the information could not have prevented the attack according to a new report.
Michael Campbell was originally sentenced to 12 years in prison but his conviction was overturned.
Daly and three others were found to be responsible for the 1998 attack in a civil action.
The man will appear in Dungannon Magistrates Court this morning.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says that questions remain unanswered over the policing and intelligence gathering around the 1998 bombing which killed 29 people.
Michael McKevitt fails in a bid to have his conviction overturned because of evidence obtained under an unconstitutional warrant.
The retrial found Seamus Daly and Colm Murphy liable on the grounds of trespass to the person.
Eamon Gilmore says that gardaí and the PSNI will maintain a close relationship, but that the govt isn’t pushing for an all-island inquiry.
Michael McKevitt will speak to the tribunal at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today. He is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being found guilty of directing terrorism.
Prime Minister David Cameron is to call a press conference on the hacking scandal today.
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