Two men questioned over Longford pipe bomb haul

GARDAÍ were last night questioning two men over the cache of deadly pipe bombs which were primed for use before being found by police on Sunday.

The men, one aged 44 and the other 18 and understood to be father and son, were arrested shortly after the Gardaí raided a house on Killashee Road three miles outside Longford town on the Lanesboro Road at 7.30pm on Sunday.

One of the men was arrested at the property where the eight pipe bombs were discovered, while the other was arrested elsewhere a short time later. Both were being questioned at Longford Garda Station last night and can be detained for a maximum of 72 hours. They are being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. It is understood they are settled members of the Traveller community.