There was a shootout before Nicky Kehoe was arrested. It all happened at the home of wealthy businessman Galan Weston in Co Wicklow on August 7, 1983.

A jury in a High Court defamation action by Sinn Féin political manager Nicky Kehoe against RTE will resume deliberations in the case tomorrow.

Sinn Féin political manager, Nicky Kehoe, was a senior member of the IRA and he cannot sue for that because it is true, counsel for RTÉ told a High Court jury today.

RTE broadcaster Claire Byrne told the High Court today that she stood by the judgement call she made when she allowed a Sinn Féin representative on a live broadcast to defend a man who had been named as a former chief-of-staff of the IRA rather than shut down the conversation.

Sinn Fein political manager, Nicky Kehoe has told the High Court his arrest during a shootout with gardai in a foiled kidnap attempt of multi-millionaire Galen Weston in 1983 had to be seen "in the historical context" of the IRA hunger strikes of the time.

It is "entirely false and untrue" Sinn Féin political manager, Nicky Kehoe, was a senior member of the IRA army council and was controlling how its councillors voted on Dublin City Council, his lawyer told the High Court today.

Broadcaster Claire Byrne has married her partner of five years Gerry Scollan.