Overview
- An Garda Síochána’s Special Detective Unit arrested a third man in County Laois on Wednesday and is holding him under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
- Two men linked to the probe, Garrett Pollock and Karolis Peckauskas, have been charged over components for improvised explosive devices and six litres of hydrogen peroxide.
- Portlaoise District Court has remanded Pollock in custody until November 27 as forensic and legal steps continue in the cross‑border inquiry.
- Sinn Féin said it expelled the female member on Saturday for failing to disclose a Garda raid on her home; she was not arrested and her partner is not a party member.
- Investigators suspect a Laois property was used to film a propaganda video by a group styling itself as the Irish Defence Army that threatened a Galway mosque and migrant accommodation.