Three held in Cork firearms search

Three men were arrested and two firearms were recovered in Cobh on Wednesday night as part of a Garda investigation into dissident republican activity in Cork.

The weapons were uncovered as part of a planned search of a house at Chestnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Cobh, where the three men who are in their mid 30s to early 50s were arrested.

Gardai say the investigations that led to the arrests were existing operations, and were not directly linked to the inquiry into the murder of dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll, who was shot dead in Blackpool, Cork last week and whose funeral was held yesterday.