Members of the public were excluded from the Special Criminal Court today during evidence by members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA men membership in 2013.

A Crumlin man pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to making a threat to kill a man at a popular Dublin night spot almost two years ago.

The Special Criminal Court today turned down applications by defence lawyers to acquit two men accused of membership of an illegal organisation.