Three jailed in Continuity IRA trial

Three men were jailed by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after a major garda operation against the Continuity IRA led to the discovery of a bomb making operation near the border last year.

Mr Justice Diarmuid O' Donovan, presiding at the non-jury court, said that the court was satisfied that there was a joint enterprise to manufacture explosives for the purpose "of terrorising the public" and these activities were "well planned and well executed".