A Co Tyrone man has been sentenced to six years in prison after a bomb was found at a Co Dublin hotel.
Samuel Devlin (58), who had an address at Golf Suite, Finnstown Castle Hotel, was convicted of possessing explosives after a three-week trial at the Republic's Special Criminal Court in February.
He was arrested after a car bomb was discovered in the car park of the hotel near the village of Lucan in May 2014.
It was the first time in 16 years that a such a device was discovered in Dublin.
Hundreds of guests, including a wedding party, had to be evacuated.
Three rolls of detonating cord were also found in Devlin’s room - booked for a long-term stay under the name Joe Murphy - which a Garda detective claimed had the capacity of three hand grenades.
Devlin was said to be known to gardaí for over a decade as an engineer and bomb maker for the Real IRA, which ceased to exist in 2012 after a merger with other republican groups to form the group calling itself the 'IRA'.
The cord contained the high grade explosives PETN, and had a torn explosive label on it.
Devlin had been staying in a chalet when it was searched by gardaí during which they found the cord which was wrapped in a towel in a laptop case.
They also found a laptop which had Devlin’s finger prints.
Mr Justice Paul Butler said the court was "satisfied beyond doubt that he could not but have been aware that what he possessed is what it was - an explosive substance".
However, the judge said there was no evidence linking the accused with the Northern-Ireland registered car carrying a bomb.
