A south Armagh man (36) is to stand trial for the murder of 29 people killed in the Omagh bombing.
Sean Gerard Hoey was today committed for trial for the murders by a Belfast magistrates court.
Magistrate Desmond Perry said Mr Hoey had a case to answer against 58 charges relating to the Omagh bombing in August 1998 and a series of other "Real IRA" attacks. He dismissed three other charges.
The ruling was made this morning after a three-day committal hearing. Mr Hoey, from Molly Road, Jonesborough, Co Armagh, was remanded in custody to appear before Belfast Crown Court at a date to be decided.
The magistrate said: "The Crown invited me to look at the cumulative effect of the huge quantity of evidence that the defendant was the man who manufactured these 14 devices, the most devastating of which decimated the centre of Omagh and resulted in the tragic deaths of 29 innocent people."
After rejecting defence efforts to have each charge looked at independently and what he dismissed as "a fatuous argument", Mr Perry said: "I am satisfied there is a case to answer."
Mr Hoey stood expressionless in the dock and shook his head mouthing the word "no" when asked if he had anything to say.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan died in the bombing, welcomed the magistrate's decision. "We look forward to the start of the trial next year," he said.
Mr Hoey's solicitor, Peter Corrigan, said he was very disappointed at the decision to commit his client for trial.
He said all along the evidence against Mr Hoey was that he "may or possibly" constructed bombs.
"That is not enough to send a man to trial in one of the biggest cases in Irish or British history," Mr Corrigan said.