Man and woman arrested after car carrying a bomb stopped in Monaghan

Gardai from the Special Detective Unit stopped a car carrying a bomb on Wednesday in Carrickmacross.

Following the vehicle stop, An Garda Síochána requested assistance from the Irish Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

The EOD team completed an examination of the vehicle and made the device safe.

The official outcome is not being released for operational reasons.

A woman in her twenties, the driver of the vehicle, was arrested.

A man in his forties has since been arrested in connection with the investigation, and is being held in Dublin.

Investigations ongoing.