A Dundalk man who admitted conspiracy to cause an explosion outside a Co Armagh police station last year was jailed for 11 years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Dundalk man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause an explosion outside a Co Armagh police station last April.

Two men arrested during a Special Branch investigation into the activities of dissident republicans pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to explosives and ammunition offences.

Gardai in Co Louth have arrested two local men in connection with an armed robbery at an amusement arcade on Sunday night.