A legal inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing hears that Colm Murphy is described as the “spider at the centre of the web” in relation to the plot. Lead counsel Paul Greaney KC tells the inquiry that a group of men is involved in a plan associated with the Real IRA to bomb Omagh, a town in County Tyrone.

The sources provided repeat the same core account: testimony characterizes Murphy as a central connecting figure and links him to the alleged conspiracy to carry out the attack. While the articles share this framing, they do not offer differing details in the excerpts supplied, and do not include additional figures, timelines, or specific evidence beyond counsel’s description.