A "naive" man who made a “catastrophic error of judgment” by opening the gates of his father’s quarry and allowing the IRA to take explosives away has avoided an immediate jail sentence.

Two men who were “in joint control” of 167kg of explosives found inside a car - enough to make a bomb three quarters as large as the one detonated in Omagh in 1998 - have been jailed for total of 15 and a half years.

A man's denial that he knew anything about 167kg of explosives found inside his "heavily laden" car - including detonators sticking out from the passenger seat - has been found to be "totally incredible" by the Special Criminal Court.

A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court gave no reply when asked by gardaí to account for the presence of 150kg of explosives in a car in which he was a front seat passenger, the court has heard.

Armed gardai found four bags of explosives in the boot of a car and 18 detonators under the front passenger seat when they stopped the vehicle on the Naas Road, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two Dublin men were stopped by gardaí in a car which was found to contain 150kg of explosives, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two men appearing at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court yesterday evening have been charged with possession of 150kg of explosives. The men were also charged with IRA membership.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that the arrests of six Dublin men accused of IRA membership at a house in Tallaght were unlawful.

A Dublin man who was arrested for alleged membership of the IRA has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court.

A court has ruled against surveillance gardaí who claimed that revealing the number of officers who observe suspects from cars would allow other suspects to know which cars “to look for”.

Members of the public were excluded from the Special Criminal Court today during evidence by members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA men membership in 2013.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that members of the public should be excluded from the court when six members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit give evidence in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA membership.

A man has been caught impersonating a police officer - after accidentally pulling over a police officer.

Eight Dublin men charged with membership of the IRA have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man charged with membership of the IRA has had his bail conditions varied to allow him attend a wedding where his co-accused is to be the best man.

Eight men accused of membership of the IRA have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

Eight Dublin men have appeared before an Easter Sunday sitting of the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.

Two Dublin men were jailed for six years at the Special Criminal Court today for the possession of firearms and ammunition.

Two Dublin men pleaded guilty to firearms offences at the Special Criminal Court today.

Interbrew, the Belgian beer giant which makes famous tipples including Stella Artois and Beck’s lager, today said thirsty drinkers helped grow sales by 4.5% in the first half of 2003.

Belgian beer giant Interbrew today said annual profits had fallen more than 10% after disposing of its Carling brewery in the UK.

The London market had a robust end to the week today, after being boosted by a strong opening on Wall Street.

CONFECTIONERY rivals Cadbury Schweppes and Nestle are to join forces to make a £8 billion bid for US sweets giant Hershey, it was reported yesterday.