Three men are due before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this morning in connection with alleged dissident republican activity in Cork.

The men, aged from their mid-thirties to early fifties, were arrested on Thursday evening following the search of a premises at Cluain Ard in Cobh.

They were questioned at Cobh and Midleton Garda Stations.

Gardaí also seized two firearms and a quantity of ammunition during the raid.