Dundalk man charged over NI bomb car

A 34-year-old Dundalk man has been charged with supplying the car which was used by the Omagh bombers.

A 34-year-old Dundalk man has been charged with supplying the car which was used by the Omagh bombers.

The man was arrested on Monday in Newry, Co Down, and was later charged with providing property for the use of terrorists.

It is alleged that the man supplied the bombers with a maroon-coloured Vauxhall Cavalier, the vehicle which exploded in Omagh town centre on August 15th 1998, killing 29 people and two unborn children.

The man will appear before Enniskillen Magistrates' Court this morning.

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