Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in Naas, County Kildare, appeared in the dock at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Mr McCauley was one of the so-called Colombia Three, who were accused of training rebel FARC guerrilla forces in 2001.

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

McCauley was charged with murdering Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Sergeant Sean Quinn and constables Allan McCloy and Paul Hamilton in a landmine attack at Kinnego Embankment near Lurgan on October 27 1982. A prosecution lawyer said the case against McCauley related to forensic evidence found on cigarette butts.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann warning of a possible "danger to life". The alert comes into effect at varying times from 02:00 on Friday and will end at varying times. Met Éireann has warned that "severe, damaging and destructive winds" are expected, with gusts of up to 130km/h.

There are warnings of danger to life, fallen electric lines, damaged infrastructure and widespread power outages

A Dublin Port Company funded study found that despite large-scale marine construction, seals in the Dublin-port area are 'thriving'.

Enterprise Ireland has announced the results of its end-of-year report, with postive growth for the west and the rest of the country.

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann ... including Cavan, Monaghan, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath ...

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.