Gun seized during searches as part of probe into activities of the New IRA
The gun was found during a search of land in Cookstown, Tyrone.
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The gun was found during a search of land in Cookstown, Tyrone.
Adrian Ismay died 11 days after a bomb exploded underneath his van.
He has been taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite in Belfast for questioning.
Five people were arrested yesterday as part of Operation Arbacia.
Detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit arrested the man at Heathrow Airport today.
Gardaí carried out searches in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry as part of the operation.
One man has been charged with her murder and a second man has been charged with offences relating to the rioting that preceded it.
“We have been told this planned attack could happen anywhere in the north,” deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill said.
The 29-year-old journalist was shot as she observed a riot in Derry last April.
Saoradh is an attempt to give a political face to the growing republican dissent in nationalist areas north of the border, writes Dieter Reinisch.
A viable explosive device was discovered on Monday evening in the Creggan area of Derry.
Police believe the New IRA intended to fire the mortar into Strabane police station.
The device was discovered outside homes in the Church View Close area in Strabane on Saturday.
Paul McIntyre aged 51, and Christopher Gillen aged 38, were refused bail today at Derry Magistrates’ Court.
The 29 year-old was killed in Derry last week.
Using a code word, the group issued a statement to The Irish News taking responsibility for her death.
This is precisely the same type of incendiary device used by a dissident republican group in recent years but it could also be a lone wolf, writes Tom Clonan.
The army EOD team destroyed some of the material in a controlled explosion.
The suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly coupled with the rhetoric around a ‘hard border’ has given oxygen to groups like the New IRA, writes Tom Clonan.
Some of the rounds exploded during a fire which caused significant danger to local residents who were in the area.
“This is simply reckless and shows a total disregard for the safety of the local residents.”
“Police believe the New IRA are responsible for this cowardly attack,” a detective said.
Dissident republicans placed a bomb under the car of the officer in Derry in February.
Security is expected to be tight for gangland murder victim Michael Keogh’s funeral tomorrow.
The British government has said that there is a “strong possibility” of a terrorist attack from a dissident republican group.
A post-mortem has concluded his death was caused by the explosion.
There needs to be a carefully choreographed evacuation plan with an event of this size, writes Tom Clonan.
The group said in a statement to the BBC that it was responsible for the bomb explosion.
“Money that may have been used to buy guns and explosives to attack members of the community … has been taken out of circulation.”
The Real IRA is joining with Republican Action Against Drugs and others in a “unified structure” to reclaim the IRA name.