Court grants suspected dissident bail

One of four men arrested last week in connection with the discovery of a mortar in Co Louth and garda investigations into the activities of the dissident terrorist group, Oglaigh na hEireann, was granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Dalton McKevitt (aged 35), of Woodbury Gardens, Dundalk, Co Louth was charged on Friday with the unlawful possession of an improvised mortar launcher and a mortar at Commons Road, Dromiskin, Co Louth on November 30. He was also charged with IRA membership on the same date.