Three arrested in RIRA crackdown operation

THREE people were arrested yesterday after bomb-making equipment and a firearm were seized during nationwide special garda unit raids.

In an operation in the south and east coast, detectives raided a number of addresses in Cork, Limerick, Dublin and Louth targeting the Real IRA.

Gardaí said searches took place early yesterday morning and were not related to the kidnapping of a north Dublin couple and their children yesterday.