Court clears man of bomb-making charges

A Dublin man was cleared by the Special Criminal Court today of possessing bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment.

The three-judge, non-jury court accepted a defence submission to have Gareth Byrne (aged 27) of Park Crescent, Kimmage, Dublin 12 acquitted by direction of unlawfully possessing explosive material at an apartment in The Crescent, Park West Pointe, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 on September 9, 2008.