‘I was offered €10,000 to plant Limerick bomb’

AN Englishman told gardaí he was offered €10,000 to plant a bomb that was intended to kill eight people in Limerick.

Thu, 15 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

Tony Purcell

Limerick Circuit Court yesterday heard the man was arrested following a raid in Mungret, Co Limerick, in which explosives, a Sterling sub-machine gun and drugs were seized.

The accused made the claim during interviews with gardaí at Roxboro Garda Station last June, the jury of 10 men and two women heard yesterday.

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