Garda security services have seized almost 160kg of explosives and arrested more than 90 people in operations targeting dissident republicans in the last four years.

Peter Butterly, a 35-year-old father of three, was shot dead on March 6, 2013 outside The Huntsman Inn in Gormanston, Co Meath. He died from gun shots wounds to his neck and upper back.

On Monday, a Dublin man became the fourth person to be convicted over the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly.

A Cavan man has pleaded guilty before the non-jury Special Criminal Court this morning to helping an unlawful organisation murder dissident republican Peter Butterly.

Judges at the Special Criminal Court have said they will deliver a verdict in the case of two men accused of IRA membership next month after the court heard closing speeches today from the prosecution and defence.

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

A Dublin man has been charged with the murder of a dissident republican outside a pub in Co Meath four years ago.

A man whom Gardaí believe to be a senior member of the IRA has been denied bail amid concerns for the safety of a prosecution witness.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that the arrests of six Dublin men accused of IRA membership at a house in Tallaght were unlawful.

A Dublin man who was arrested for alleged membership of the IRA has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court.

A court has ruled against surveillance gardaí who claimed that revealing the number of officers who observe suspects from cars would allow other suspects to know which cars “to look for”.

Members of the public were excluded from the Special Criminal Court today during evidence by members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA men membership in 2013.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that members of the public should be excluded from the court when six members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit give evidence in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA membership.

Eight Dublin men charged with membership of the IRA have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man charged with membership of the IRA has had his bail conditions varied to allow him attend a wedding where his co-accused is to be the best man.

Eight men accused of membership of the IRA have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

Eight Dublin men have appeared before an Easter Sunday sitting of the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.