A Chief Superintendent has told the Special Criminal Court he believes a 33-year-old Louth man was a member of the INLA at the time of his arrest.

A bottle of holy water and religious pictures were found alongside ammunition in the car of a Dundalk man accused of IRA membership, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

Police in the United States are investigating the death of a Roman Catholic priest whose body was found just days after he was accused of molesting a boy nearly 30 years ago.

Priests sexually abused teenage girls, used cocaine and other drugs, and one had an affair with a female parishioner, according to allegations contained in personnel files maintained by the Boston Archdiocese in the US.