Woman in her 20s charged after ‘extremely significant’ car bomb intercepted by police near Irish border

A woman in her 20s has been charged after an "extremely significant" car bomb was intercepted by police near the Irish border earlier today.

The woman is due to appear before a special sitting of Trim District Court in Co Meath later this evening.

Two people had been arrested after a vehicle was stopped on the N2 near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, at about 3pm local time on Wednesday, including a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s.

The bomb had been completed and was ready for use, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported.

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