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

A Cork man, described by a judge as an "active and trusted" member of the IRA, has been jailed for three and a half years.

Seamus McGrane was recorded in a pub in Dublin in April, 2015, a month before the prince’s visit to Ireland, say Diarmaid Mac Dermott and Daniel Hickey

The Special Criminal Court trial of a Louth man accused of IRA membership has heard that two "very well made" and "viable" improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found in a car that gardai had stopped on the N52 in County Meath.

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THE mother of former garda Daniel Hickey spoke in court yesterday of how the family have always been proud of her son, who is the second of five children.

A Waterford Garda has today been found not guilty of assault causing harm, but guilty of assault on a civilian in the city last year.

A GARDA has been found guilty of assaulting a man who resisted arrest while another garda has been found guilty of intending to pervert the course of the justice by diverting a CCTV camera while the assault was taking place.

The jury in the trial of four gardaí charged in connection with an assault in Waterford has begun its deliberations.

THE trial of four gardaí accused of offences arising out of an alleged assault on a man last year had to be adjourned when a barrister involved in the case could not be present.

J.J. Killian MD of Flancare Holdings has today been elected as chairman of Irish Small and Medium Enterprise (ISME).

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DANIEL Hickey, owner and managing director of AllinAll Ingredients, has been elected chairman of ISME, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association.

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DUBLIN food ingredients company AllinAll has acquired the Boland’s Mills blending plant in the city.

The Government is spending just £34 per person per year on training, according to a new report by business organisation ISME.