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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Two men charged in ireland in relation to alleged planned far right terror attack | History Defined

A policeman stands next to a police car with the word 'garda' along the side
Det Declan O’Connor told the court it was alleged Pollock was planning a terrorist attack on behalf of a ‘rightwing extremist group’. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

Irish authorities have charged two men with possession of explosives in relation to an alleged planned terrorist attack by a far-right extremist group.

Karolis Peckauskas, 38, of Drogheda, County Louth, and Garrett Pollock, 35, of Annalong, County Down, Northern Ireland, appeared at Portlaoise district court on Friday after being arrested in a cross-border police operation.

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