A Limerick man accused of membership of an illegal organisation told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he was "100% against violence".

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.

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.

Three teenagers who raped a woman last Janury have been remanded in custody for sentence after pleading guilty at the Central Criminal Court .

A girl who saw student Brian Murphy lying unconscious after he was violently assaulted outside the Burlington Hotel has told a jury that just afterwards she saw two youths holding one of the four accused who are charged with killing him.

A Limerick man told the Special Criminal Court today that he was at a Republican Sinn Fein meeting discussing a forthcoming republican commemoration when gardaí raided a house in the city.

A Detective Sergeant who led a garda raid on a suspected Continuity IRA meeting in Limerick denied at the Special Criminal Court today that shots had been fired during the swoop.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that people's lives would be at risk if he disclosed the sources of confidential information relating to one of seven men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation, the Continuity IRA.

The trial of seven men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation, the Continuity IRA, was halted at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to allow for the recall of one of the main prosecution witnesses.

A Garda Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that a search warrant was issued for a house in Limerick city where seven men accused of membership of an illegal organisation were arrested after he briefed another senior garda officer in the city.

One of eight men accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Continuity IRA, was freed by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after a Garda Chief Superintendent’s evidence.

The mother of a man who was stabbed to death in front of her told a murder trial she saw his assailant twist the knife in her son's side.

A Co Limerick man died after "irreversible and irrevocable" injuries to the brain caused by a heavy object, a murder trial jury heard today.