IRA arms dump may have been buried for years

THOUSANDS of rounds of ammunition discovered by a riverbank in Co Kerry were dumped some time ago, it has been revealed.

Local sources in the Tralee area initially suggested the ammunition was dumped earlier this week, leading to speculation local IRA members left them, in a stage-managed dumping, to be found by the gardaí.

However, the 2,000 rounds of ammunition, of a type used in assault rifles, could have been there for some years. They were found by a man walking his dog in the Tonevone area on Tuesday.