He was charged with being a member of the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) in Dublin's Special Criminal Court in 2004, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 3+1⁄2 years in prison.
[3] In 2009, Daly, along with three other Real IRA members, were ruled to be civilly liable for the Omagh bombing and ordered by a Belfast court to pay £1.5 million to the victims of the attack.
[4] On 10 April 2014, arising out of the police investigation into the Omagh bombing, Daly was charged with the murder of 29 people in Omagh in 1998, two charges linked to the explosion and two counts linked to an attempted explosion in Lisburn in April 1998.
[5] He appeared in court on 11 April and was remanded in custody due to the possibility he may flee the jurisdiction.
"[7] After their star witness contradicted himself in a pre-trial hearing, prosecutors in the North dropped all charges against Daly.