Gardaí seize dissident weapons

GARDAÍ have made another significant breakthrough in their fight against dissident republicanism with the seizure of weapons and bomb-making equipment.

Just hours after the release of eight people detained as part of an investigation into dissident republican activity, gardaí carried out searches in Louth and Meath.

The special detective unit, assisted by gardaí, recovered a machine gun, a shotgun, a pipe bomb, an improvised mortar, ammunition, bomb-making equipment and explosives at Dunleer Woods.