Real IRA suspect charged
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Omagh was the worst atrocity in 30 years of Northern Ireland violence.
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SPECIAL REPORT
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DUBLIN, Republic of Ireland -- A man arrested in connection with the investigation into the Real IRA bombing at Omagh has been charged with membership of an illegal organisation.
Seamus Daly, 32, was charged at Dublin's Special Criminal Court with membership of an organisation styling itself as the IRA.
Daly was arrested at his home in Kilmurray, County Monaghan by the Garda, the Irish police, under a warrant from the court.
He was detained overnight at Carrickmacross Garda station before being taken to Dublin on Wednesday for his court appearance.
Sergeant David Forde told the Special Criminal Court that when he issued the warrant Daly ripped it up and another had to be produced.
Daly, wearing jeans, folded his arms as he was charged with membership of an illegal organisation between April 29, 1998 and November 20, 2000.
He was remanded in custody to reappear at the court next Tuesday, when an application for bail will be made. No trial date has been set.
Twenty-nine people died and more than 200 were injured in the 1998 bomb attack on the County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, town in the bloodiest single atrocity in the 30 years of Northern Ireland's conflict, known as "the Troubles."
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 the bombing.
