MAN CHARGED BY GARDAI PROBING THE OMAGH BOMB
Man charged by Gardai probing the Omagh bomb
A MAN arrested as part of the Gardai's investigation into the Omagh bombing has been charged with possession of explosives, at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Sean O'Donogh (25), of Finnabar Crescent, Dundalk, was accused of unlawfully possessing an explosive substance and four booster tubes, when he appeared at the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday. A Gardai sergeant told the Court that he arrested O'Donogh at his home just after 8.00 a.m. on Saturday last under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. He said that the suspect was in unlawful possession of explosives in Dundalk between August 13 and 15 1998.
Detective Inspector, Hugh Coll, who has been involved in the investigation for some time told the Court that O'Donogh's home was searched on Saturday and an incendiary device was found in a car outside the premises.
During a separate search, on Sunday, officers found four booster tubes, two rounds of ammunition, a balaclava and gloves. The Court heard that O'Donogh made no reply when the charges were put to him. O'Donogh was not charged with membership of an illegal organisation. He was remanded in custody until next Tuesday.
Another man arrested and questioned in connection with the Omagh bomb investigation was later released without charge.
This week's Gardai activity follows a statement in the Bail last week by the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Cowen, in which the government rejected claims that it had interfered in the investigation for political reasons.
Mr Cowen said, "It is our firm intention that they [the perpetrators] will be brought to justice in a court of law. They will be held to account and, upon establishing their guilt, locked away for a very long time. We owe this not only to the people of Omagh but to all of the people of Ireland.
"The Omagh bombers and their supporters regard themselves as a higher authority then the Irish people, they believe their stream of politics to be pure and untainted, but it is poisoned by hatred. Nothing can flow from it but death and destruction."
A MAN arrested as part of the Gardai's investigation into the Omagh bombing has been charged with possession of explosives, at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Sean O'Donogh (25), of Finnabar Crescent, Dundalk, was accused of unlawfully possessing an explosive substance and four booster tubes, when he appeared at the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday. A Gardai sergeant told the Court that he arrested O'Donogh at his home just after 8.00 a.m. on Saturday last under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. He said that the suspect was in unlawful possession of explosives in Dundalk between August 13 and 15 1998.
Detective Inspector, Hugh Coll, who has been involved in the investigation for some time told the Court that O'Donogh's home was searched on Saturday and an incendiary device was found in a car outside the premises.
During a separate search, on Sunday, officers found four booster tubes, two rounds of ammunition, a balaclava and gloves. The Court heard that O'Donogh made no reply when the charges were put to him. O'Donogh was not charged with membership of an illegal organisation. He was remanded in custody until next Tuesday.
Another man arrested and questioned in connection with the Omagh bomb investigation was later released without charge.
This week's Gardai activity follows a statement in the Bail last week by the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Cowen, in which the government rejected claims that it had interfered in the investigation for political reasons.
Mr Cowen said, "It is our firm intention that they [the perpetrators] will be brought to justice in a court of law. They will be held to account and, upon establishing their guilt, locked away for a very long time. We owe this not only to the people of Omagh but to all of the people of Ireland.
"The Omagh bombers and their supporters regard themselves as a higher authority then the Irish people, they believe their stream of politics to be pure and untainted, but it is poisoned by hatred. Nothing can flow from it but death and destruction."
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Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/1513
Published Date: 26-Oct-00
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