Six to appear in court on terrorism charges

Six men who were arrested in Co Louth on Saturday night by gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans are scheduled…

Six men who were arrested in Co Louth on Saturday night by gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans are scheduled to appear in the Special Criminal Court tomorrow morning.

A seventh man arrested during the operation has been released without charge. A file is being prepared for the DPP and charges may follow, a garda spokeswoman said.

The seven men, aged between 20 and 50, were arrested after a search of a house in Dundalk. Guns and other weapons were also recovered.

The operation was headed by Dundalk-based gardaí with armed support from the Emergency Response Unit.