Law student charged after military-grade bomb intercepted near Irish border

Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, remanded in custody after intelligence-led operation against dissident republicans A 25-year-old law student has been charged in relation to an “extremely significant” bomb intercepted near the UK-Irish border. Isobella Perrie Sullivan, from Clane, County Kildare, was charged with possession of explosives at a special sitting of Trim district court on Friday evening. Garda Síochána said in a statement that a second person, a man in his 40s arrested in connection with the investigation, remained detained in relation to offences against the state. Both were arrested after police in Ireland targeting dissident republicans intercepted a vehicle that was allegedly transporting the device, after receiving intelligence information, police said. Members of the Garda Síochána’s special detective unit stopped the vehicle travelling on the N2 south of Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, on Wednesday afternoon Revealing details of the interception on Friday, Garda sources said the bomb was “highly sophisticated”, had been completed and was ready for use. It contained a power unit, a detonator and military-grade explosives they believed to be semtex. Security sources