A registered sex offender from Scotland who broke his bail conditions and was on the run in Ireland has been arrested in Dublin.
Fraser Benjamin McLaughlin was required to keep police up-to-date with his movements under the Sexual Offenders Register notification requirements.
He was also wanted for failing to answer bail over previous child abuse image offences.
The 57-year-old was last seen boarding a ferry from Hamilton in Scotland to Northern Ireland earlier this year.
McLaughlin was arrested in Dublin city centre on Thursday, a Garda spokesman confirmed.
He later appeared briefly in court and was remanded in custody for one week.
It is understood his arrest was made after a member of the public reported a sighting to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) website.
Jim Gamble from the CEOP centre said: "Once again we prove that the public are willing and able to help locate convicted missing child sex offenders.
"My message to other convicted offenders who think they can also go missing is to look at this story and give themselves up as they too may find their details posted on our site."
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