A trial has continued today at the Special Criminal Court of two Louth men charged with possession of explosive substances in May 2010.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that it is entitled to draw inferences from the failure of a Louth man accused of possessing explosive substances to answer material questions put to him in interview with Gardaí.

A Garda expert in the distillation of poitin has given evidence in the trial of two Louth men accused of possessing explosive substances.

The trial of two Louth men accused of possessing explosive substances has heard further evidence on legal matters.

The trial of two Louth men accused of possessing explosive substances has heard evidence in a “trial within a trial” after both challenged the validity of search warrants issued in the lead up to their arrest.

The trial of two Louth men accused of possessing explosive substances has heard evidence from detectives who placed the pair under surveillance as part of a garda operation on the suspected manufacture of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices by the IRA.

The trial of two Louth men accused of possessing a vehicle-born improvised explosive device has opened at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Two Louth men charged with the possession of explosive substances have pleaded not guilty to the offence on the eve of their trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A 23-year-old man appeared before the Special Criminal Court tonight, charged in connection with the discovery of explosive substances in Dundalk last weekend.