Legal submissions continued today at the Special Criminal Court trial of seven men accused of membership of the Continuity IRA in Limerick.

One of seven men arrested at a suspected meeting of the Continuity IRA in Limerick, denied that guns were discussed at the meeting, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

One of seven men arrested at an alleged Continuity IRA meeting in Limerick told gardaí that the men were all members of Republican Sinn Fein and not members of an illegal organisation, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A DISSIDENT republican bomb attack on Enniskillen last night prompted calls for the British government to put on hold any plans to scale down army installations in the North.

A detective garda who took part in a raid on a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA was taking place, made a number of errors in his witness statement, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Fingerprint experts made additional marks on a note seized by gardai during a raid on a suspected Continuity IRA meeting in Limerick, a garda witness told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Garda Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that 27 uniformed and plain clothed gardai took part in a swoop on a house in Limerick city where gardaí believed a meeting of the Continuity IRA was taking place.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that he had confidential information that a meeting of the Continuity IRA would take place in Limerick when he organized a Garda raid on a house in the city over a year ago.

Eight men went on trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today in the biggest trial yet in the State of suspected members of the dissident republican group, the Continuity IRA.

Five men held in connection with a probe into the Continuity IRA have been released without charge.

Gardai were today continuing to question five men as part of continuing investigations into dissident republican activity.

Police were today continuing to question two men and a woman over a bomb attack on a Derry British territorial army base which killed a construction worker.

TWO men and a woman were last night being questioned by police after a construction worker was murdered in a bomb attack on a Derry Territorial Army base.

Four suspected members of the Real IRA arrested in a weekend raid on a hotel in Co Meath today appeared before a court in Dublin.