Gardaí supported by members of the Defence Forces recovered a number of suspected improvised bombs in a series of searches in Limerick city and county last weekend, it has now emerged

He died on Tuesday surrounded by his family.

Both detectives and uniformed officers are taking part in the search which is based around a rural farm on the Inishowen Peninsula.

The Defence Forces announced the death in service of Corporal Terry Smyth (32) ‘with great sadness’.

An Army officer has been fined three days’ pay and been reprimanded after pleading guilty to a charge of having unauthorised military equipment in his possession at the Curragh Camp three years ago

The 16-year-old boy cannot be named because he is a minor

Gardaí are investigating an assault at an army barracks in Galway, where a Waterford Chaplain was seriously injured and is awaiting surgery

The Defence Forces confirmed in a statement that Cathal Crotty was being discharged.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she didn't want a situation where somebody convicted of a serious offence in the past has 'since been promoted'

The Guardsman gathered at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, Hampshire

Captain Alan Kearney had been nominated for the post of Captain of the Guard, but this was later cancelled

A spokeswoman said ‘serious issues’ remain in the negotiations.

Francis Bradley, 20, was killed in disputed circumstances near Toomebridge, Co Derry, in 1986.