A man from the North denied at the Special Criminal Court today that he was an INLA member when he was arrested by gardaí investigating a plot to kidnap a Cork businessman.

A Wexford man who raped and sexually abused a young boy over a period of four years has had his sentencing adjourned for a week by Mr Justice Roderick Murphy at the Central Criminal Court.

Two Wexford men who raped a Waterford mother at her home while restraining her with a rope around her neck have been jailed for 14 years by Mr Justice George Bermingham at the Central Criminal Court.

A former alcoholic who stored two guns for an illegal organisation was jailed for three and a half years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The State’s main witness in a Dublin murder trial has denied he was giving information to a Garda in the drugs squad, the Central Criminal Court heard.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that when gardaí went to search one of the accused’s home, he was found to be holding a pump action shotgun.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that the State’s main witness took a month to go to the gardaí because he claims one of the accused men has "friends in the guards".

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that the State’s main witness has allegedly been given "complete immunity" from prosecution for possession of drugs.

The jury has been discharged in the trial of a man accused of threatening to kill and cause serious harm to Sunday World journalist Paul Williams.

The vice president of Republican Sinn Fein (RSF) and the organisation's PRO in Limerick denied at the Special Criminal Court today that they were members of the IRA or any paramilitary organisation.

Gardaí raiding a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA meeting was taking place found a handwritten note containing references to firearms, "knee cap job" and "a safe house", the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

A Detective Sergeant who led a garda raid on a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA meeting was taking place told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed it was "possible and probable" that firearms were in the house when he ordered another garda to break down the front door.

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 Special Branch detective told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed that Des Long, the vice president of Republican Sinn Fein, was carrying out an anti surveillance measure in driving a circuitous route through Limerick.

A detective sergeant today denied that he deliberately gave prejudicial evidence in the trial of seven men accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Continuity IRA.

The Special Criminal Court will rule tomorrow on an application to halt the trial of seven men accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Continuity IRA, over what the defence claims is prejudicial evidence.