Pair due to face terror charges

Two people have been charged in connection with a police operation into dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland and Europe.

The pair, a man aged 41 and a woman aged 37, will appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday.

Police said the charges relate to a major anti-terrorism operation carried out in counties Armagh and Fermanagh.

A woman also being questioned has been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.

Detectives have been given more time to question three other people who were also arrested during Monday's police operation.

Police said a handgun, explosive material and other bomb making items were found during searches on Lettergreen Road, Donagh.

A related search in France continued into Tuesday.

Police said the searches were part of a joint investigation "between the PSNI Crime Operations Department and the British Security Service" and had "disrupted a potential major terrorist conspiracy".