TWO QUIZZED AS BOMB INQUIRY CONTINUES
Two quizzed as bomb enquiry continues
Two people were being questioned by police on both sides of the boarder last night in connection with the Omagh bombing.
One man was helping Gardai with enquiries in Co. Monaghan, while at Strand Road RUC station, detectives were interviewing a woman arrested yesterday in South Armagh.
A number of other people have been arrested and released without charge in the Republic since the weekend, and the man held in Monaghan had his period of detention extended, and was due to be charged or released by 1pm today, a spokesman at Garda headquarters in Dublin said.
A man originally from Co. Armagh was charged last week with conspiring to cause an explosion.
Colm Murphy, who now has an address near Dundalk, also faces a charge of belonging to a proscribed organisation.
But, in addition to the arrests, it has been reported that Gardai have also passed on information on the attack to Interpol, the European police intelligence agency, which is based in Lyon in France.
It is understood they want European police forces to be on the look-out for a suspect believed to have left Ireland in recent times.
There was a number of arrests on both sides of the border early last week, though, apart from the one man charged, all others were released without charge.
One of them was Omagh councillor, Mr. Francis Mackey, the chairman of the 32 County Sovereignty Committee, which, is believed to have a close association with the Real IRA.
Mr. Mackey was released without charge on Thursday, after being questioned by the RUC at Strand Road in Londonderry.
At a Press conference in Dundalk on Friday, he said he was an innocent man, and accused the authorities of trying to vilify republicans and stifle criticism of the Good Friday Agreement.
Meanwhile, the RUC Chief Constable, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has said there would be more arrests.
He said there was a high level of cooperation between his force and the Gardai.
"1 am extremely confident that more people will be brought before courts in due course," he said.
The Chief Constable added that both he and Garda Commissioner, Pat Byrne, were pleased with progress so far, but there was much more still to be done.
Two people were being questioned by police on both sides of the boarder last night in connection with the Omagh bombing.
One man was helping Gardai with enquiries in Co. Monaghan, while at Strand Road RUC station, detectives were interviewing a woman arrested yesterday in South Armagh.
A number of other people have been arrested and released without charge in the Republic since the weekend, and the man held in Monaghan had his period of detention extended, and was due to be charged or released by 1pm today, a spokesman at Garda headquarters in Dublin said.
A man originally from Co. Armagh was charged last week with conspiring to cause an explosion.
Colm Murphy, who now has an address near Dundalk, also faces a charge of belonging to a proscribed organisation.
But, in addition to the arrests, it has been reported that Gardai have also passed on information on the attack to Interpol, the European police intelligence agency, which is based in Lyon in France.
It is understood they want European police forces to be on the look-out for a suspect believed to have left Ireland in recent times.
There was a number of arrests on both sides of the border early last week, though, apart from the one man charged, all others were released without charge.
One of them was Omagh councillor, Mr. Francis Mackey, the chairman of the 32 County Sovereignty Committee, which, is believed to have a close association with the Real IRA.
Mr. Mackey was released without charge on Thursday, after being questioned by the RUC at Strand Road in Londonderry.
At a Press conference in Dundalk on Friday, he said he was an innocent man, and accused the authorities of trying to vilify republicans and stifle criticism of the Good Friday Agreement.
Meanwhile, the RUC Chief Constable, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has said there would be more arrests.
He said there was a high level of cooperation between his force and the Gardai.
"1 am extremely confident that more people will be brought before courts in due course," he said.
The Chief Constable added that both he and Garda Commissioner, Pat Byrne, were pleased with progress so far, but there was much more still to be done.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
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Published Date: 04-Mar-99
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