Garda swoop foiled bomb plot, court told

Dissident republican terror suspects were close to completing a bomb twice the size of the device which killed 29 people in the Omagh atrocity when gardaí swooped, a court heard today.

Continuity IRA men were putting the finishing touches to 1,100lb of explosives which detectives believe were bound for Northern Ireland when officers raided a farmyard in Co Louth, it was claimed.