Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

Five people were arrested during early morning raids on houses in Cork yesterday as part of an investigation into the murder of former dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll.

Four men and a woman are being questioned this morning in connection with the murder of Aidan O'Driscoll in Blackpool on December 7.

Murder squad detectives are trying to find dash cam footage of the scene where a former Real IRA boss was shot dead last week.

A man accused of membership of an unlawful organisation said he "was not a member of the IRA of any description or type" and that "the only organisation" he was a member of was Fine Gael, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Special Criminal Court will give its ruling next week on an application by defence challenging the validity of the arrest and subsequent detention of one of five men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation.

Two men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation said they were not and never would be members of the IRA, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Simultaneous searches on the homes of three men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation uncovered items including a bodhran with a man in a balaclava carrying arms and badges inscribed with "sniper at work", the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Four men accused of membership of an illegal organisation were observed by undercover gardaí arriving at a Co Cork hotel, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The trial has opened at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of three Cork men and two Limerick men accused of membership of the Real IRA.

A 25-year-old Corkman appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today charged with membership of an unlawful organisation in December 2003.