Child porn images seized in Co Limerick raid

Gardai in Limerick are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions following a child pornography seizure in the west of the county on Tuesday.

Details of the operation were only revealed today. Computer equipment containing more than 500 images was seized during the planned search on Tuesday.

The raid was organised following a tip-off that explicit images were being downloaded at a house in the area.

Gardai have not ruled out the possibility that the purveyor of the material was part of a national or international child pornography operation.