'Extremely significant' bomb in car intercepted near NI border, Irish police say

Two people are arrested after a vehicle was stopped in County Monaghan in an operation targeting dissident republican activity.

Police seize sophisticated bomb near Northern Irish border

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Woman and man arrested in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

Detectives targeting dissident republicans stopped a vehicle containing explosives near Carrickmacross Two people have been arrested after police in Ireland targeting dissident republicans intercepted an “extremely significant” bomb that was being transported in a vehicle near the border. Members of the Garda Síochána’s special detective unit stopped the vehicle travelling on the N2 south of Carrickmacross, County Monaghan on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

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Woman charged after ‘highly sophisticated’ car bomb intercepted near Irish border

The accused, who was the driver of the car, is due to appear before a special sitting of Trim District Court in Co Meath on Friday evening

By David Young

Woman (20s) charged in connection with suspected dissident republican bomb seized near Border

Accused was the driver of the car which was intercepted by gardaí in Co Monaghan on Friday

By David Young

Irish police find explosive device in car near border with Northern Ireland

Irish broadcaster RTE reported that the bomb was being transported to Northern Ireland and was expected to be used as an under-car explosive for an attack.

Woman, 25, charged over bomb found in car in Co Monaghan

A 25-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the interception of a bomb that was discovered in a car in Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan on Wednesday.

FSB says it detained a woman in Moscow on suspicion of working for Ukrainian intelligence. It says she plotted to blow up a security officer’s car.

Russia’s Federal Security Service detained a Russian woman born in 1996 in Moscow, accusing her of trying to bomb a security officer’s car on assignment from Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB’s Public Relations Center announced.

‘Extremely significant’ bomb in car intercepted on way to NI, Irish police say

A car containing an "extremely significant" bomb has been intercepted in the Republic of Ireland as it was being driven across the border for an attack in Northern Ireland, Irish police have said.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo