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| Irish police: Components for a massive dissident bomb | |
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| Irish police are still questioning two men arrested after the discovery of bomb-making components and fertiliser in County Monaghan on Saturday. | Irish police are still questioning two men arrested after the discovery of bomb-making components and fertiliser in County Monaghan on Saturday. |
| The men, aged 50 and 25, were arrested on suspicion of being members of a dissident republican organisation. | |
| Police said the components and the 200 kgs of fertiliser seized were sufficient to make a massive bomb. | |
| The men's period of detention was extended early on Sunday. They are being held in Monaghan police station. | The men's period of detention was extended early on Sunday. They are being held in Monaghan police station. |
| The arrests were made by police targeting dissident activity in the border area. |