Passengers communicate via mobiles. 12.41pm Mast in republic at Castleblaney picks up call from one of mobiles handed to X. Second call at 1.13pm. Mast at Aughnacloy picks up another call from same mobile. Local mast picks up phone in Omagh area. CCTV at an Omagh petrol station records red Vauxhall Cavalier similar to bomb car passing.
Second mobile calls the first.
One of mobiles, close to phone box in Newry area, receives text message. This mobile belongs to Z, linked to Real IRA's political wing. Z tells police this mobile was missing, but it is rung by another belonging to Z. Suspect A, officer alleged to be commanding Real IRA, is said to have one of Z's mobiles later this evening. Last of three bomb warnings made from phone box in Newry area. Last call from one of mobiles, alleged to be held by A, detected at mast in Ballygawley, south of Omagh.