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An employee of a museum in Dublin has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with possession of explosives. Police intercepted in a car that officers said contained a bomb near the Irish border earlier this week. Simon O’Donovan, 44, with an address in Drimnagh, a suburb of the Irish capital, appeared before the Special Criminal Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice Dublin on Saturday evening (July 25).

Mr O’Donovan also represented himself in a bail hearing before the High Court, where his application for bail was refused. The court was told during this hearing that he was employed at the Collins Barracks National Museum. Detective Sergeant Shane Noone told the court that he arrested Mr O’Donovan at 5.07pm on Saturday and informed him he would be charged with possession of explosives at St Laurence’s Road in Chapelizod on Wednesday (July 22).

Mr O’Donovan is due to appear in person before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday (July 27).

It comes after law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, was stopped by police while travelling on the N2 near Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan on Wednesday (July 22).

During the search of her vehicle, police say a bag was discovered in the rear seat that contained Semtex and a detonator, a court heard. The area was evacuated and Ms Perrie Sullivan was arrested.

She appeared before a district court on Friday, charged with possession of explosives in relation to the case.

Her solicitor Gavin Booth, of Phoenix Law, said she had been asked to take the bag to the north and had not been aware what was in it.

Ms Perrie Sullivan was granted bail but remains in custody ahead of a further bail hearing on Monday.

Defence solicitor Gavin Booth, of Phoenix Law, said she lived with her father in Kildare and wanted to become a barrister.