Overview
- Downpatrick Magistrates' Court heard that the plan assigned five roles with codenames to what police described as an active service unit.
- Connor Pollock, 38, faces charges of withholding information about a terrorist act, possessing documents useful to terrorists, and possessing a phone for use in terrorism.
- Police said his phone contained a claim of responsibility for a mosque burning and threats against migrant accommodation providers, which he allegedly sent to his partner.
- Messages cited by PSNI included phrases such as "our oath", "we exist", and "this is our attack", with a detective saying most evidence comes from his devices.
- The judge refused bail, saying messages suggest he was more than a bystander; the cross-border probe has seen Garda arrests including Pollock’s brother over explosive components, and Pollock was remanded to 15 January.