Door staff at a Letterkenny nightclub received no approach for work from any of three men from the North accused of membership of the IRA in the hours before their arrest, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of three men from the North men charged with membership of the IRA has heard that none of the accused were under surveillance before their arrest.

The jury in the trial of a man who denies murdering one of his best friends and says he was acting in self-defence at the time of the alleged attack, has been sent home for the night after failing to reach a verdict.

A Detective Chief Superintendent has told the Special Criminal Court he formed the opinion that a Dublin man was a member of the IRA when the accused was approximately 15 years old.

A Chinese man accused of murdering a Chinese student was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter by a jury at the Central Criminal Court tonight.