Omagh bomb victims' relatives today met Garda chiefs about the apparent failure of the investigation to make any real progress.
They sought assurances that the Gardaí are co-operating fully with their lawyers in a civil action against five people.
The three and a half hour meeting took place in Monaghan.
The Assistant Garda Commissioner, Kevin Carthy, said they were anxious to help in anyway they could regarding the civil claim and were doing everything they could to bring those responsible to court.
It is over four and a half years since the Real IRA bomb in Omagh, but despite a lengthy police investigation on both sides of the border, no one has so far been charged with murder.
29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins were killed in the attack. Relatives of some of the victims are attempting to pursue a civil action in Belfast in connection with the bombing.
With enquiries still continuing into the Loyalist bombs in Monaghan and in Dublin 29 years ago tomorrow, the Omagh families hope they will not have to wait as long to get answers.
The relatives were briefed by a Assistant Garda Commissioner Kevin Carty and Det. Supt Tadhg Foley from Monaghan who is leading the investigation in the Republic.
The Omagh relatives sought assurances that detectives were cooperating fully with the families' lawyers in preparing their civil action.
They also said that an internal review of the police investigation in the North has helped to set it back on track and suggested a similar move should be made by gardaí.
