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Omagh case men face deadline on legal team

FIVE men being sued by Omagh bomb victims are set to be given a four-week deadline to bring in a new legal team, it emerged yesterday.
Even though lawyers for Real IRA chief Michael McKevitt and the other defendants have pulled out, the £14 million civil action by relatives of those killed in the massacre is proceeding.
In a hearing at the Northern Ireland High Court yesterday, barristers for the families taking the landmark case pressed for access to papers on criminal trials involving the five in the Republic. But before Mr Justice Morgan makes any ruling on the request he signalled his intention to offer the men a solicitor, senior and junior counsel providing legal advice.