Closing submissions for explosives accused

The Special Criminal Court today heard closing submissions for the defence in the trial of two men accused of having a massive haul of explosives near the border last year.

Joseph Fee (aged 40) of Blackstaff, Inniskeen, Co Monaghan, and Eamonn Matthews (aged 25) of Dublin Road, Killeen, Newry, Co Down, have pleaded not guilty to the unlawful possession of an explosive substance - ammonium nitrate and sugar (ANS) - and having the explosive with intent to endanger life at Thornfield, Inniskeen, Co Louth on June 13, 2003.