Seven dissident suspects arrested

Seven suspected dissident republicans have been arrested in Cork in the Irish Republic.

Four men were arrested by detectives in the Lover's Walk and Montenotte area of Cork City at about 2000 GMT on Friday.

Gardai have not said what the men were doing when they were arrested, but it is understood a number of weapons and other items were recovered.

Another three men were arrested in follow-up searches and the police operation is continuing.

Gardai have described it as "a significant operation against the activities of a dissident republican organisation".

The men were detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, under which they can be held for up to 72 hours.