Uncle and nephew charged over explosives in County Louth

Two men appeared before a late night sitting of Dundalk District Court on Saturday following a Garda counter-terrorism operation in County Louth. The Irish Examiner reported that 58 year old James McCormack and his 24 year old nephew Cillian McCormack were both charged under Section Four of the Explosive Substances Act 1883. [1]

The suspects were arrested during an operation in County Louth that took place last Thursday and Friday. According to the Irish Examiner, James McCormack is from South Commons, Carlingford, Louth. Cillian McCormack is originally from County Louth but resides at Church Hill, Dunlavin, County Wicklow. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, the operation was carried out after surveillance by the Garda National Crime and Security Intelligence Service. An Irish Defence Forces bomb disposal team was called in on Friday morning to conduct an examination of a suspected terrorist hide. Investigators are focusing their probe on the group known as the New IRA. [1][4]