Three held after explosives find

A MAJOR investigation is under way after dissident republicans were caught with over 120kg of commercial explosives — enough, say gardaí, to “blow up a huge building.”

Concerned gardaí want to know how subversives were able to get their hands on legal explosives, mainly used for blasting rocks in quarries and in the construction of motorways.

“This would blow up a huge building if it was all used in one go. They are used for blasting rocks, so you can imagine the damage they could cause. It’s heavy duty,” said a garda source.