Two jailed for posession of bomb-making equipment

Two men have been jailed for nine years by the Special Criminal Court today for having bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment two years ago.

Cormac Fitzpatrick (aged 23) of Cathedral Walk, Monaghan, Co Monaghan and Terry McConnell (aged 26), originally from Co Fermanagh but with an address at Tullymore Gardens, Andersontown, Belfast were convicted last December of unlawfully possessing explosive materials at The Crescent, Park West Pointe, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 on September 9, 2008.