
GARDAÍ ARE CONTINUING to question a 60-year-old man arrested in connection with the explosive device discovered on board a bus in Maynooth in the lead-up to the Queen’s visit.
Gardaí believe the man has no connections with dissident republicanism but was known as a ‘loner’ – reports the Belfast Telegraph – who had been quizzed about previous incidents.
Last Monday, an Army Bomb Disposal unit carried out a controlled explosion at a bus stop outside the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth after an IED was found in the luggage compartment of a private bus travelling from Ballina to Dublin.
The man was arrested in Longford yesterday and is also being questioned about a possible link to other bomb-alerts in recent weeks which turned out to be hoaxes.
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