A Dublin man accused of IRA membership has been released on bail by the non-jury Special Criminal Court today.

A Louth man has been acquitted of IRA membership after the Special Criminal Court found it could not rely on the belief evidence of a Garda Assistant Commissioner as being independent from the investigation.

Two men who were “in joint control” of 167kg of explosives found inside a car - enough to make a bomb three quarters as large as the one detonated in Omagh in 1998 - have been jailed for total of 15 and a half years.

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A chief superintendent has told the non-jury Special Criminal Court he believes two men are members of the IRA.

A dissident republican leader convicted of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation which plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been jailed for eleven and a half years.

The Irish Food Awards say that tests carried out on a honey brand submitted for its consideration by a convicted con artist and her partner — who were found dead in their Limerick home in May — show the product could have come from Ireland.

A specialist police anti-terror unit in the North is conducting almost 70 investigations into dissident republican activities, the majority undercover surveillance operations, its lead detective has revealed.

A Dublin man who was arrested for membership of the IRA while out on bail on another charge of IRA membership has been refused bail by the Special Criminal Court.

Former chef and publican, Graham Canning, who saw his pub business in Dublin go to the wall during the Celtic Tiger has, along with his wife and business partner Bernie Canning, received the Supreme Champion accolade at the Blas na hÉireann awards at the Dingle Food Festival.

A man charged with IRA membership and the possession of a handgun has protested the use of video link to facilitate his appearance in court.

The Special Criminal Court has fixed a date in 2015 for the trial of a Lithuanian national charged with possession of a handgun.

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to the selfless Irish Volunteers whom he said laid the foundations for freedom 100 years ago.

A Kildare man charged with IRA membership and the possession of explosive substances has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court.

Lawyers for a man charged in connection with an alleged surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units are seeking the disclosure of more evidence before a date for trial can be set, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Lawyers for a Dublin man charged with IRA membership and firearms offences have told the Special Criminal Court that the accused man believes his detention is unlawful and that the charges against him should be withdrawn.

A man charged in connection with an alleged surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court.

A man has this evening been charged in connection with an alleged surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units.

A grandson of Independent Dublin city councillor and former Sinn Féin member Christy Burke who is charged with IRA membership and firearms offences was freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

An IRA membership charge has been brought against a Limerick woman accused of murdering a father-of-two in west Dublin in November.

A short Irish film about an altar boy’s love of football has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.

One of four men arrested in connection with the discovery of a mortar in Co Louth has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

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A report drafted by a senior detective concluded that a Donegal man on trial for IRA membership had no association with any republican or dissident group for as long as ten years, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Police in the North have confirmed that a van at the centre of a major security alert close to the border contained a bomb.

A Co Louth man has been jailed for three years and nine months at the Special Criminal Court for IRA membership.

A Co Louth man who was convicted of IRA membership is on hunger strike in Portlaoise Prison, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

One of four men arrested last week in connection with the discovery of a mortar in Co Louth and garda investigations into the activities of the dissident terrorist group, Oglaigh na hEireann, was granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled against lawyers for a father of three accused of IRA membership, that his arrest by Gardaí was invalid and that the investigation was a "sham".

The Special Criminal Court has heard that fingerprints of a 38-year-old man on trial for IRA membership “compared” to those found on mobile phones seized from a Mercedes, which was carrying rifles and ammunition.

Three men from the North arrested after gardaí received a tip-off that dissident republicans were about to carry out a "tiger kidnapping" in Co Donegal earlier this year were convicted of IRA membership at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The trial of three North men who were arrested during a garda investigation into dissident republican activity in Co Donegal last February continued at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Co Kildare man arrested during a garda investigation into the manufacture and movement of explosive devices by dissident republicans pleaded not guilty to membershi[p of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation and possession of explosives in his north Dublin home.

A County Louth man, whose trial on an IRA membership charge was prevented from going ahead by the Supreme Court last month, was remanded on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by two Dublin Sinn Féin members against their convictions for IRA membership.

Scuffles broke out at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today during the sentencing hearing of two men convicted of membership of an illegal organisation.

A Dublin man was convicted of membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today while a Northern Ireland man was cleared of the same offence.

A Dundalk man was charged at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this evening with the possession of an explosive device at a hotel last November.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed on appeals by five Dublin men, described by a Garda Chief Superintendent as members of the Dublin Brigade of the Provisional IRA, against their convictions for membership of an illegal organisation.

A Garda ballistics expert has told the Special Criminal Court that he found no evidence of any explosive substances in a car that had been stopped at gunpoint on the N4 near Mullingar.

The trial of three alleged Real IRA members arrested after a major garda surveillance organisation against the dissident terrorist organisation was adjourned today until next week due to the illness of a judge at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Three alleged Real IRA members were arrested after a major garda surveillance organisation against the dissident terrorist organisation, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A High Court judge today refused to revoke bail for a Co Louth man facing a charge of IRA membership.

Five men have been convicted by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of membership of the Real IRA. The five men have been remanded in custody for sentencing at a later date.

The case against five men accused of Real IRA membership was "a strong case", a prosecution counsel told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Corkman arrested on suspicion of membership of an illegal organisation had tattoos including the Irish flag and Oglaigh na hEireann on his arms, the Special Criminal Criminal Court heard today.

A Cork man accused of Real IRA membership denied to gardai that he was a member of the IRA or of anything connected to it, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Two men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation said they were not and never would be members of the IRA, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A Garda Inspector told the Special Criminal Court today that he saw two men place a Real IRA wreath at a republican plot in a Cork cemetery on Easter Saturday in 2003.