IRA Marine made bombs at granny’s house

A rogue Royal Marine could have built pipe bombs he supplied to the IRA at his grandmother’s house, a court heard. Ciaran Maxwell, 31, was researching explosives and downloading terrorist material nine months before he enlisted in the Marines. The Larne man hoarded an arsenal of explosives and ammunition as he plotted a massive bombing campaign across Northern Ireland. Four of his pipe bombs were deployed around the country, two of them went off, and all the devices deployed had…