Gardai investigating the activities of the "Real IRA" were last night still questioning five men arrested in the Athy area of Kildare, writes Jim Cusack, Security Editor.
The men, in their 20s and 30s, were arrested yesterday morning by detectives from the Special Detective Unit and from the Crime and Security Branch.
The operation follows the discovery, earlier this month, of firearms and mortars in bogland near Athy.