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

A woman has been charged after police intercepted a car comb near the Irish border on Friday.Gardaí investigating the incident, which involved a suspected dissident republican bomb, have charged a woman in her 20s in connection with the case.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.

In an intelligence-led swoop, members of the Garda’s Special Detective Unit stopped the vehicle travelling on the N2 south of Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan on Wednesday afternoon.The Garda described the bomb seized from the vehicle as “extremely significant”.It is understood the device found contained suspected military grade explosives.

Garda sources have described the bomb as “highly sophisticated” and “advanced”.Another suspect, a man aged in his 40s, remains in custody at a Garda station in the Dublin area.Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly confirmed details of the operation as he spoke to media at a Garda graduation event in Co Tipperary on Friday morning.

“To be clear, what we found was an extremely significant seizure,” he said.“So this was an explosive device.”More to follow...

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