Conor O’Brien initially downplayed his role in the offences but then accepted that the items found were his.

The operation was set up to target organised crime groups operating across Poland, Spain and Ireland

A youth allegedly caught "digging up" a sawn-off shotgun linked to feuding crime gangs in Dublin has been kept in custody to be served with a book of evidence and a bail hearing later this week

Ten men remain in custody this morning over an investigation into a suspected drug smuggling operation off west Cork