Armed detectives were acting on information that bomb-making equipment was found during a raid on a Clondalkin apartment when they arrested a young Dublin man in a car park next to the complex, a court has heard today.

A Monaghan man in his 20s failed to offer any explanation for why he had certain explosive materials in his presence when he was arrested during an armed raid on a Dublin apartment, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Explosive materials were discovered by Gardai who raided a Dublin apartment as part of a surveillance operation in Clondalkin, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Two of the men charged last month with possession of explosive materials in Dublin have been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

One of the five men charged last week with possession of explosive materials in Dublin has been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

The Special Criminal Court has remanded in custody five men arrested in connection with the discovery of explosive materials in a Dublin apartment.

A confidential telephone number and address are to be set up to help locate the bodies of people abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA, it was announced today.

Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley is to meet the mother of Columba McVeigh, one of a number of people abducted by the IRA whose body has not been found.