Gardaí arrest suspected dissidents after explosives find

GARDAÍ seized 500lbs of explosives and arrested six men near Dundalk yesterday in a crackdown on suspected dissident republicans.

Members of the Emergency Response Unit, the National Surveillance Unit and local gardaí carried out a search of a farm in the Iniskeen area between Dundalk and Carrickmacross. They discovered 500lbs of explosives along with several vehicles, which were believed to be assembled for a major bombing attack.

Four men were arrested and charged under the Offences against the State Act.