GARDAI ARREST FOURTH MAN
Gardai arrest fourth man in bomb atrocity probe
By Michael Devine in Dublin
A FOURTH man has been arrested by gardai investigating the Omagh bomb.
A man suspected of involvement with the so-called Real IRA, who admitted planting the bomb, was arrested at his home in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, yesterday and taken to Monaghan garda station.
Three other men from the Dundalk area who were held in armed swoops on Wednesday are also being held in Monaghan.
All four are being questioned about the theft of a Co Donegal-registered car which was stolen in Carrickmacross and which was used in the Omagh bombing.
They were detained under the recently-amended Offences Against the State Act which enables the gardai to hold them for up to 72 hours without charge.
In accordance with the Act, the gardai sought and were granted permission by a court yesterday to extend the period of detention of the three Dundalk men.
Thirteen people were arrested last week in counties Armagh and Monaghan in a co-ordinated operation by the RUC and the Garda investigating the Omagh atrocity. All were eventually released without charge.
Meanwhile RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan has said he was confident the Real IRA terrorists responsible for the Omagh bomb outrage would be caught.
Mr Flanagan made the prediction in Dublin where for the first time he shared a public platform with his counterpart, Garda Siochana Commissioner Pat Byrne at an anti-crime conference.
Mr Flanagan said: "The people of Ireland can be reassured about the level of co-operation between the RUC and the Garda Siochana. It could not be of a higher order.
"I have no doubt that we will bring the perpetrators to justice."
By Michael Devine in Dublin
A FOURTH man has been arrested by gardai investigating the Omagh bomb.
A man suspected of involvement with the so-called Real IRA, who admitted planting the bomb, was arrested at his home in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, yesterday and taken to Monaghan garda station.
Three other men from the Dundalk area who were held in armed swoops on Wednesday are also being held in Monaghan.
All four are being questioned about the theft of a Co Donegal-registered car which was stolen in Carrickmacross and which was used in the Omagh bombing.
They were detained under the recently-amended Offences Against the State Act which enables the gardai to hold them for up to 72 hours without charge.
In accordance with the Act, the gardai sought and were granted permission by a court yesterday to extend the period of detention of the three Dundalk men.
Thirteen people were arrested last week in counties Armagh and Monaghan in a co-ordinated operation by the RUC and the Garda investigating the Omagh atrocity. All were eventually released without charge.
Meanwhile RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan has said he was confident the Real IRA terrorists responsible for the Omagh bomb outrage would be caught.
Mr Flanagan made the prediction in Dublin where for the first time he shared a public platform with his counterpart, Garda Siochana Commissioner Pat Byrne at an anti-crime conference.
Mr Flanagan said: "The people of Ireland can be reassured about the level of co-operation between the RUC and the Garda Siochana. It could not be of a higher order.
"I have no doubt that we will bring the perpetrators to justice."
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0446
Published Date: 02-Oct-98
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