OMAGH SUSPECT ARRESTED
OMAGH SUSPECTS ARRESTED
By JON KELLY
Daly, 32, due to appear in court
A MAN was arrested last night in connection with the Omagh bombing.
Seamus Daly. 32, was held in Monaghan and is due to appear at Dublin's Special Criminal Court today.
A Garda spokesman said he was arrested in connection with "investigations into the bombing or matters arising from it".
Daly, from Co Monaghan, was detained at Carrickmacross Garda Station after a warrant was issued by the Special Criminal Court.
Families of the Omagh victims served a writ on Daly in July 2002 and he is defending himself against the allegations.
A builder by trade, he has been arrested twice before by detectives' investigation the Omagh bomb but was released without charge.
BBC's Panorama claimed Daly was involved in the atrocity.
Garda sources said Daly would be charged with membership of an illegal organisation.
Twenty-nine people and unborn twins died and more than 200 were injured in the 1998 bomb attack on the Co Tyrone town.
The only person jailed in connection with the bombing so far is Colm Murphy, who is serving a 14-year sentence for conspiracy to cause it.
By JON KELLY
Daly, 32, due to appear in court
A MAN was arrested last night in connection with the Omagh bombing.
Seamus Daly. 32, was held in Monaghan and is due to appear at Dublin's Special Criminal Court today.
A Garda spokesman said he was arrested in connection with "investigations into the bombing or matters arising from it".
Daly, from Co Monaghan, was detained at Carrickmacross Garda Station after a warrant was issued by the Special Criminal Court.
Families of the Omagh victims served a writ on Daly in July 2002 and he is defending himself against the allegations.
A builder by trade, he has been arrested twice before by detectives' investigation the Omagh bomb but was released without charge.
BBC's Panorama claimed Daly was involved in the atrocity.
Garda sources said Daly would be charged with membership of an illegal organisation.
Twenty-nine people and unborn twins died and more than 200 were injured in the 1998 bomb attack on the Co Tyrone town.
The only person jailed in connection with the bombing so far is Colm Murphy, who is serving a 14-year sentence for conspiracy to cause it.
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Publisher: THE MIRROR
Ref: TM/180
Published Date: 19-Feb-03
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