Getting information from RUC about Omagh like pulling teeth – Nuala O’Loan

Baroness Nuala O’Loan arrives at Bradford Court, Belfast, to give evidence in the Omagh Bombing Inquiry (Mark Marlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Getting access to sensitive information from police in Northern Ireland about the Omagh bomb investigation was almost like “pulling teeth”, Baroness Nuala O’Loan has said.

The former police ombudsman told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that her team experienced “astonishment” over difficulties in receiving intelligence reports from the RUC about the Real IRA atrocity.