Garda surveillance detectives were briefed that a car was travelling from Northern Ireland to collect guns in Dublin, the Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told today.

A second man arrested after a major Garda operation pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year.

Secret MI5 documents sought by lawyers defending the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael McKevitt were flown into Ireland this afternoon and will be examined by the Special Criminal Court tomorrow.

A Dublin man who was arrested after a garda swoop on a Real IRA meeting at a Co Meath hotel last year pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to membership of an illegal organisation.

A senior Special Branch officer told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that the Real IRA has carried out 80 terrorist type attacks since October, 1999, the most recent being a bomb attack on Maghaberry jail in the north last month.

A Dublin man arrested after a Special Branch operation against the Real IRA was convicted of membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Dublin man was arrested after Special Branch detectives involved in an operation against the Real IRA swooped on a room in a Co Meath hotel last year, the Special Criminal Court was told today.