A Dublin man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for possessing a pipe bomb at a filling station in Co Waterford last year.

Two Limerick brothers who are charged with threatening to kill three members of the same family have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

Two Limerick brothers who are charged with threatening to kill a mother, and her daughter and son, applied for legal aid and the imposiition of a "media blackout" during their first appearance before the Special Criminal Court this morning.

The trial of a Dundalk man accused of INLA membership dramatically collapsed at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after it emerged that a Special Branch detective driver for the presiding judge was a witness in the case.