Explosives may have come from garda firework store

Gardaí believed an explosive device planted at a telecoms mast in Co Donegal may have been made from fireworks stored at a Donegal garda station, a retired garda revealed today.

Pat O’Donnell, who retired from An Garda Síochana after 34-years service, said some gardaí believed the device found at the mast in Ardara on November 19, 1996 may have been made from illegal fireworks seized and stored in Glenties Garda Station.