TWO men appeared at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday on charges arising out of a Garda investigation into the activities of dissident republicans.

A 10th suspect was being questioned today in a major operation against dissident republicans.

A 24-YEAR-OLD man lost his life on Saturday night following a diving accident in the sea off Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

A 37-year-old man has died in hospital from injuries he sustained in a road accident in Co Laois at the weekend.

A DYING man was found with a knife plunged in his chest after a garda pursuit in Limerick at the weekend.