A Northern Ireland man arrested after gardaí discovered a bomb making operation near the border last year has been convicted of membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court today.

Two men were arrested after gardaí discovered a bomb-making operation near the border in Co Louth last year, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A Co Monaghan man was found guilty at the Special Criminal Court today of having a massive haul of explosives near the border last year.

The Special Criminal Court today heard closing submissions for the defence in the trial of two men accused of having a massive haul of explosives near the border last year.

Closing submissions are expected to conclude at the Special Criminal Court next week in the trial of two men accused of having a massive haul of explosives near the border last year.

A defence lawyer of one of two men accused of having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year applied for a direction to acquit his client at the Special Criminal Court today.

The Special Criminal Court today saw CCTV evidence of a man renting a cement mixer, which was seized at a farmyard where a large haul of explosives was found the following day.

A second man arrested after a major Garda operation pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year.

Four men were arrested after a major garda operation led to the discovery of a large quantity of home made explosives near the border last year, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Gardaí are investigating an attempted post office raid in north Co Louth.

Gardaí discovered a Irl £63,000-valued Scania transporter, which had been stolen in 1994 from a Customs and Excise pound at Rosslare Port, when they searched a north Co Louth premises in 1998.

An 86-year-old woman has died in a house fire in north Co Louth.

The exclusion zone around north Co Louth is to be lifted at midnight tonight.

A new campaign to regenerate the Cooley peninsula in north Co Louth was

Foot-and-mouth disease tests carried out on animals at Piedmont in North Co Louth, have returned fully clear.

The Taoiseach has arrived in north Co Louth, where he is due to meet farmers and people involved in the tourism industry.

Farmers in North Co Louth are anxiously awaiting news to learn if a further cull of livestock is to take place in the Cooley Peninsula.

The Minister for Agriculture has announced the extension of the exclusion zone around Proleek in north Co Louth, where a foot-and-mouth outbreak was confirmed last week.

Department of Agriculture vets have worked most of the night to stop the possible spread of the foot-and-mouth disease in north Co Louth.

The Government is seeking exclusion from a US ban on all imports of meat, animals and animal products from the EU.

A livestock importer and dealer were being questioned today as sheep were destroyed amid heightening fears that foot-and-mouth disease could have spread to Northern Ireland.