Surveillance officers who followed the movements of a terrorist boss accused of being responsible for the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict today denied putting their heads together to make statements.

A garda told the Special Criminal Court today that he waited nearly 10 minutes to arrest a Cork chef accused of IRA membership because he wanted to make sure he had stopped the right men.

A senior Garda today insisted he saw a meeting between alleged Real IRA chief Michael McKevitt and FBI agent David Rupert in Co Louth.