Three charged with explosives offences

Three men were charged with ammunition and explosives offences at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today, following a Garda Special Branch investigation into the activities of dissident republicans.

They were Francis McGeown (aged 63), of Cedarwood Park, Cox’s Demesne, Dundalk; Ciarán Dunne (aged 22), of Elmbrook Ave, Lucan , Co Dublin; and Pascal Burke (aged 41), of Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8.