Garrett Pollock (35), with an address at Kilhorne Green, Annalong, Co Down pictured this afternoon at Portlaoise District court. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins
An extreme right-wing group produced a video describing its intent to violently attack mosques and asylum-seeker accommodation, a court has heard.
Two men appeared before Portlaoise District Court on Friday charged with possession of explosives after their arrest by gardaí during a cross-Border antiterrorism operation earlier this week.
The men were arrested in Co Laois on Tuesday night.
The court was told the charges arise from an investigation into an alleged terrorist attack in the planning by a right-wing extremist group.
It was alleged during Garda evidence that a video recording had been made by four masked men indicating their intention to take violent action. Judge Andrew Cody remarked that the video, shown to him after the court was cleared, showed “anyone interfering would be a target” for the group.
A document, described as a “manifesto” for the extremist right-wing group, also forms part of the evidence, having been found
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