The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgment in the case of a convicted murderer appealing against his subsequent conviction and 10-year sentence for the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A Louth man pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to having explosives components on the MI motorway last year.

A Dundalk man who was jailed for life for a murder in 1992 and released on licence was jailed for 10 years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for having a pistol and ammunition last year.