Gardaí were today continuing to question a man held in Limerick as part of ongoing investigations into the activities of the Continuity IRA dissident terrorist group and links with local gangland feuding.

A group of men charged in connection with a suspected Continuity IRA training camp were deer stalking in preparation for the new hunting season, a court was told today.

Six men were cleared of being members of the Continuity IRA and one man was convicted of the charge at the Special Criminal Court today after one of the longest trials in the history of the court.

The Special Criminal Court today heard further legal submissions from defence counsel for seven men accused of membership of the Continuity IRA in Limerick.

The prosecution today closed its case in Special Criminal Court on the 34th day of the trial of seven men suspected of membership of the Continuity IRA.

The trial of seven men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation, the Continuity IRA, was halted at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to allow for the recall of one of the main prosecution witnesses.