Three members of the Real IRA were today beginning 30-year jail terms for plotting a bombing campaign.

Three men accused of IRA-linked arms offences will go on trial at the Old Bailey in April, it was decided today.

Three suspected members of the Real IRA are to be extradited to Britain from Slovakia.

A Slovakian court has ruled there are no obstacles to the extradition of three Irishmen alleged to be members of an IRA splinter group.