Second man pleads guilty to explosives possession

A second man arrested after a major Garda operation pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year.

Seamus McKenna (aged 49) of Marian Park, Dundalk, Co Louth, admitted the possession of an explosive substance - ammonium nitrate and sugar (ANS) - at Thornfield, Inniskeen, Co Louth, with intent to endanger life on June 13 last year.