{"success":true,"data":{"id":"2e91f0e1-94e7-4c5d-b910-f500d62b0230","title":"Man charged with possession of explosive substance after bomb found in car","summary":"Site search News Business Technology Culture Arts Travel Earth Audio Video Live Documentaries Man charged with possession of explosive substance after bomb found in car 25 minutes ago Save Philip Fitzpatrick The vehicle was intercepted on a section of the N2 near Carrickmacross on Wednesday A man ha...","content":"Site search \n\nNews\n\nBusiness\n\nTechnology\n\nCulture\n\nArts\n\nTravel\n\nEarth\n\nAudio\n\nVideo\n\nLive\n\nDocumentaries\n\n# Man charged with possession of explosive substance after bomb found in car\n\n25 minutes ago\n\nSave\n\n![Image 1: Philip Fitzpatrick Garda officers and garda cars surround a small car on the roadside of the N2  near Carrickmacross. The officers are all wearing blue uniforms, but two are wearing yellow high-viz vests over their shirts.  The boot of a hatchback vehicle behind them is open. ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8fdd/live/b0b60bc0-8775-11f1-a7ab-8b30adf0800a.jpg.webp)Philip Fitzpatrick\n\nThe vehicle was intercepted on a section of the N2 near Carrickmacross on Wednesday\n\nA man has been charged in connection with an investigation into the discovery of a bomb in a car in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nSimon O'Donovan, 44, with an address at Sperrin Road in Dublin 12, was charged with being in possession of an explosive substance at St Lawrence Rd in Chapelizod, Dublin 10 on 22 July.\n\nHe appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Saturday evening.\n\nThe charge relates to an investigation into an incident on Wednesday when a vehicle was stopped on the N2 near Carrickmacross. On Friday, a 25-year-old woman was charged in relation to the same incident.\n\nThe bomb was discovered not far from the Irish border\n\nBBC in other languages\n\n### The BBC is in multiple languages\n\n#### Read the BBC In your own language\n\nFollow BBC on:","source_name":"BBC News","source_url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj637j9gkd9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj637j9gkd9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","author":"Unknown Author","author_name":"Unknown Author","published_at":"2026-07-25T21:35:09.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-25T21:35:09.000Z","image_url":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8fdd/live/b0b60bc0-8775-11f1-a7ab-8b30adf0800a.jpg.webp","category":"tech","topic":"tech","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":2,"word_count":227,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}