Irishmen in London court over alleged arms importation plan
Three Irishmen appeared in court in London today in connection with an alleged plot to smuggle weapons from Slovakia for the Real IRA.
Declan Rafferty, 39, 41-year-old Fintan O’Farrell and 42-year-old Michael McDonald, from Carlingford and Dundalk in Co Louth, are facing six charged of membership of an illegal organisation and attempting to buy explosives and arms.