Gardaí put mortars, rifles, and bomb making items seized over past five years on display.
Assistant commissioner John O’Mahony, who leads the force’s crime and security division, told reporters there was also evidence of increased sophistication in the activities of dissident republicans.
During the briefing, members of the Garda ballistics unit showcased a range of weapons seized from dissident republicans.
They included a beer keg bomb recovered from Kilcurry in May 2014, mortars, sniper rifles, AK47 rifles, associated ammunition, a phone trigger circuit, timer power units, rockets and a sample of explosives.
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