Gardaí were acting on intelligence that firearms were being moved on behalf of the INLA at the time a car was stopped and searched in the Dundalk area, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Garda uniforms and two bulletproof vests were found in the boot of a car which failed to stop at a garda road block, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

An INLA man who rammed a Garda car which tried to stop him in Dundalk was jailed for four years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.