Court told Real IRA carried out 80 attacks since Oct '99

A senior Special Branch officer told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that the Real IRA has carried out 80 terrorist type attacks since October, 1999, the most recent being a bomb attack on Maghaberry jail in the north last month.

Detective Inspector Diarmuid O' Sullivan said that firearms and explosives had been used in the 80 attacks which occurred both within and outside the State.