A senior FBI official told the Special Criminal Court today that the FBI had withheld certain documents from the Irish authorities in the case of Michael Mc Kevitt, the alleged leader of the real IRA.

The British ambassador in Ireland, Sir Ivor Roberts told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today he had been advised by members of the British security service in Ireland and in London that all relevant material relating to David Rupert, the chief prosecution witness against the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael Mckevitt had been disclosed to the defence.