A BOAT owner being investigated in connection with allegations that he left migrant workers overnight on an island said yesterday he believes that the case has been sorted out.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that original documents relating to the trial of three Northern Ireland men accused of Real IRA membership had been "mislaid".

The Special Criminal Court ruled today that portions of garda interviews with two Northern Ireland men accused of Real IRA membership should not be admitted in evidence because the men had not been given proper access to their solicitors.

A Northern Ireland man arrested at a Co Monaghan farmyard made no reply when questioned by Special Branch detectives about the activities of dissident republicans, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A man accused of Real IRA membership said the reason he tried to escape gardaí on the day he was arrested was he "panicked", the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A garda witness in the trial of three Armagh men accused of memberhip of the IRA has told the Special Criminal Court he was unable to contact the accused’s solicitor on the night of the arrest.

The Special Criminal Court today refused to discharge itself from trying the case of three Armagh men accused of membership of a dissident republican organisation.

A Garda Chief Superintendent involved in the investigation of three Armagh men accused of membership of the Real IRA had suspected one man of membership for 20 years, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Four Northern Ireland men arrested in Co Monaghan earlier this month were members of a Real IRA active service unit preparing to commit serious crime, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Four men who were arrested in Co Monaghan last Friday were charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today with membership of an illegal organisation.