Gardaí have arrested 10 people in connection with membership of a dissident Republican terrorist group.
Nine men were arrested in the north of Limerick City last night and a woman was arrested today as part of the same operation. Security sources said the men were being questioned over allegations of membership of the "Continuity IRA".
The detainees are from counties Clare, Tipperary, Kildare and Limerick and were arrested during a meeting at a house in the city. They are all being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
They can be held for 24 hours before being released unless an application to have them detained for a longer period is granted by a senior officer, a Garda spokesman said.