Dundalk man charged with explosives offences

A Dundalk man was charged at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this evening with the possession of an explosive device at a hotel last November.

Justin McCarthy (aged 28), of Farndreg, Dundalk, Co Louth was charged with the unlawful possession of an explosive substance – an improvised explosive device with a timing power unit – at the Europa Hotel, Painstown, Drogheda, Co Meath on November 25 last.