Pipe bombs may have been for criminal gangs

THREE pipe bombs discovered near a shopping centre in Limerick yesterday, may have been brought to the city by former republican activists for sale to criminal gangs.

Pipe bombs may have been for criminal gangs

In follow-up searches 80 rounds of ammunition and parts of a submachine gun were found at Glasgow Park and Murroe.

Two men being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act at Henry Street last night are known to have been active with paramilitaries for a number of years.

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