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Irish republican Seamus Daly denies Omagh murder charges
43-year-old accused of 29 murders resulting from fatal 1998 car bombing

High-profile Irish republican Seamus Daly has been remanded in custody charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing.

The 43-year-old, who has already been successfully sued over the 1998 terror attack, denied the charges at Dungannon magistrates’ court on Thursday night.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s serious crime branch arrested Mr Daly — originally from Cullaville, Co Monaghan in the Irish Republic, but now living in Jonesborough, Co Armagh — on Monday.

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