Inquiry to consider if Omagh bomb was ‘joint enterprise’ between terror groups

Ministry of Defence photo showing the devastation caused in Omagh when a terrorist bomb was detonated (MoD/Crown copyright/PA) - (PA Media)

A public inquiry is to consider whether the Omagh bombing was a “joint enterprise” planned and carried out by dissident republican groups the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA.

Paul Greaney KC, lead counsel to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, said a group of “experienced terrorists” was involved in the plot to bomb the Co Tyrone town in 1998.