explosion in omagh

[screenmachine]

Heavy police presence in Toome apparently, crowds gathering and potential trouble brewing. McNallys bar up from The Elk raided apparently.

[Jimmylong]

yeah have heard the names of Toome and Ballyronan men, but not of others-hope the throw away the key if found guilty

[stew]

yeah have heard the names of Toome and Ballyronan men, but not of others-hope the throw away the key if found guilty

Hope they throw away the key if they are guilty.

[gerry]

all released tonight

[randomtask]

all released tonight

200 officers involved, several helicopters on various scenes yet all suspects released 48 hours later. I heard the man that was arrested in tyrone was in boston when ronan kerr was murdered. Seems like an awful lot of money was wasted probably in excess of £10,000 for this farce and that's before even contemplating what these officers could have been doing for the community if they hadn't have been at the various scenes.

[Gaffer]

all released tonight

200 officers involved, several helicopters on various scenes yet all suspects released 48 hours later. I heard the man that was arrested in tyrone was in boston when ronan kerr was murdered. Seems like an awful lot of money was wasted probably in excess of £10,000 for this farce and that's before even contemplating what these officers could have been doing for the community if they hadn't have been at the various scenes.

True,

PSNI are a joke

[Radda bout yeee]

Could it be a case of the case dying down and them clutching at straws to be seen to be doing something! Hope they get the people who carried it out but hope they don't start interogating innocent people either!

[orangeman]

all released tonight

200 officers involved, several helicopters on various scenes yet all suspects released 48 hours later. I heard the man that was arrested in tyrone was in boston when ronan kerr was murdered. Seems like an awful lot of money was wasted probably in excess of £10,000 for this farce and that's before even contemplating what these officers could have been doing for the community if they hadn't have been at the various scenes.

More like £100,000 !!!

[Hereiam]

This is how the RUC operate now..... they lift a few people known too them....... release them and then their little spies report back with any movements from the real suspects. It might look like they are just doing it to be seen doing something (which is part of it) but its like throwing a pebble into water and watchin the ripples spread out.

[randomtask]

This is how the RUC operate now..... they lift a few people known too them....... release them and then their little spies report back with any movements from the real suspects. It might look like they are just doing it to be seen doing something (which is part of it) but its like throwing a pebble into water and watchin the ripples spread out.

You seem to know alot about this subject  , but seriously what a waste of time and energy, this stinks of an exercise which the psni are simply trying to show the public they are getting somewhere with the investigation. I feel sorry for those arrested because it seems that they have done f**k all wrong.

[randomtask]

This is how the RUC operate now..... they lift a few people known too them....... release them and then their little spies report back with any movements from the real suspects. It might look like they are just doing it to be seen doing something (which is part of it) but its like throwing a pebble into water and watchin the ripples spread out.

You seem to know alot about this subject  , but seriously what a waste of time and energy, this stinks of an exercise which the psni are simply trying to show the public they are getting somewhere with the investigation. I feel sorry for those arrested because it seems that they have done f**k all wrong.

Being released without charge doesn't necessarily mean that it's all been a waste of time - those that were arrested before being released may have had something on themselves or others they knew, but not enough evidence for now at least to make a strong case to be charged for by the prosecution. Being arrested =! definite guilt.

well if martin mcguinness is condemning the arrests, they must be innocent 

[Hardy]

It's a strange setup and no mistake. I can't think of another jurisdiction in the world where the (joint) head of government would publicly berate the police force. It's an unwritten rule of democratic states that the organisation that exists to enforce the enactments of the legislature is always and unconditionally supported by the government. Most governments would find it necessary to resign if they couldn't express confidence in the police.

[Dire Ear]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57937174

Course it could have been stopped,  cops wanted it to be "the bomb" to end the bombing

[LeoMc]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57937174

Course it could have been stopped,  cops wanted it to be "the bomb" to end the bombing

Aye, cause the Dublin and Enniskillen bombs all ended the bombing.

It is plausible that if the different branches had talked to each other and shared information it could have been stopped is very different from they let it happen. Don't try to point the blame away from where it lays, squarely with the people who planned and planted the bomb.

That case is very different from the "failings" in the Damian Walsh case where they pointed the UDA in the direction of the Dairy Farm, removed surveillance and deliberately impeded the investigation.

[armaghniac]

Aye, cause the Dublin and Enniskillen bombs all ended the bombing.

Different time. Omagh was not in the middle of a campaign but was an attempt to start one.