Gardaí search homes in dissident activity operation

GARDAÍ last night carried out a number of searches in Cork in an operation directed against suspected dissident republicans.

The intelligence-led operation was sparked following the arrest of a man in the Macroom area and the search of a house which led to the seizure of two firearms which a senior garda source said were “found in suspicious circumstances”.

The firearms, understood to be shotguns which may be unlawful, were being examined last night by garda ballistic experts.