Dublin man pleads guilty to possession of improvised bomb

A 22-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty to the possession of an improvised bomb which was found in a car on the M50 Westlink toll bridge.

Martin O’Rourke of Sheepmore Grove Blanchardstown pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to knowingly possessing an explosive substance, namely an improvised explosive device at the Westlink Toll Plaza at Castleknock on December 8 last year.