Eight charged over terror camp in Ireland
Eight men have been charged with offences related to the finding of what appears to be a terrorist training camp in the Republic of Ireland.
Reports initially suggested that there were ten men found at the scene. One was a later rumoured to have been a child in the company of a relative, and one man was released without charge.
The camp is in isolated woodlands on the borders of Waterford and Tipperary in the south of the country, and appears to hold equipment for use in terrorism and evidence of training in the form of spent rounds and targets.
The men arrested were detained under laws that permit the police to hold terror suspects for three days without charge, but this would have meant releasing the men today if no charges had been made.
A late night sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin last night charged six of the men with membership of an illegal organisation, and another two with possession of firearms. They were remanded into custody and will appear before the court again on Friday.
Investigations into the use of the site are ongoing and the Irish police will continue with their wider operations along the border of Waterford and Tipperary.
