Three men arrested over Omagh bombing

Three men are being questioned in Monaghan Garda station in connection with the Omagh bombing

Three men are being questioned in Monaghan Garda station in connection with the Omagh bombing. The three were arrested in Special Branch raids early yesterday. Two were apprehended in Co Louth and one in south Co Monaghan.

It is understood that none of the three was were are any of the four individuals named in the controversial BBC Panorama programme broadcast last week.

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