A river weir in which two men drowned on a canoeing trip is impassable, accident investigators found.

A Co Kildare man arrested during a garda investigation into the manufacture and movement of explosive devices by dissident republicans pleaded not guilty to membershi[p of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.

THE former chief executive of the Irish Courts Service PJ Fitzpatrick is to chair the implementation body which will oversee the Croke Park deal on public service pay and reform.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of three men accused of INLA membership who were arrested during a garda investigation into a plot to kidnap a Cork businessman.

A Strabane man accused of INLA membership was shot in the back by the INLA and is confined to a wheelchair as a result, the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

A Dublin man who has been in the Real IRA since 2002 was jailed for four years by the Special Criminal Court today for membership of an illegal organisation.

A senior garda told the Special Criminal Court today that he believed the man accused of IRA membership was in charge of the IRA in the Dublin area.

A Dublin man walked free from the Special Criminal Court today after being found not guilty of IRA membership.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of a Dublin man accused of IRA membership.

Scuffles broke out at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today during the sentencing hearing of two men convicted of membership of an illegal organisation.

A Dublin man was convicted of membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today while a Northern Ireland man was cleared of the same offence.

A Dublin man denied at the Special Criminal Court today that he was part of an IRA operation that gardaí foiled in September 2003.

The Special Criminal Court today turned down applications by defence lawyers to acquit two men accused of membership of an illegal organisation.

Two men arrested during a Garda investigation into the activities of dissident republicans were convicted by the Special Criminal Court today of membership of an illegal organisation.

The head of the Garda Special Branch told the Special Criminal Court today that he believed a Dublin man was a member of an illegal organisation.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed on appeals by five Dublin men, described by a Garda Chief Superintendent as members of the Dublin Brigade of the Provisional IRA, against their convictions for membership of an illegal organisation.

THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal that could have major implications for the conduct of trials for membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement on appeals by five Dublin men, described by a garda chief superintendent as members of the Dublin Brigade of the Provisional IRA, against their convictions for membership of an illegal organisation.

Two Detective Chief Superintendents have given evidence at the Special Criminal Court of their beliefs that three men accused of being Real IRA members were members of an illegal organisation.

Three alleged Real IRA members were arrested after a major garda surveillance organisation against the dissident terrorist organisation, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

The trial of a Cork chef, arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money laundering and charged with membership of an illegal organisation, was set for March next year, at the Special Criminal Court today.

Gardaí were tonight carrying out extensive tests to identify the body of a man dumped in Dublin’s Royal Canal.

Two Dublin men arrested as part of a Garda Special Branch investigation into dissident republicans were charged with membership, firearms and explosives offences at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin tonight.

THE indivisible links between Sinn Féin and the IRA were further exposed yesterday as the Special Criminal Court sentenced five IRA men found with CS gas canisters, a stun gun, pick-axe handles, balaclavas and SF posters.

A leading Sinn Féin member and a man who engaged in patrols against drug dealers were today sentenced to four years imprisonment for IRA membership.

A man who had documents in his bedroom on how to make explosives was today found not guilty of IRA membership.

Two Dublin Sinn Féin members were convicted at the Special Criminal Court today on charges of IRA membership.

The Special Criminal Court for the first time in its history today examined secret garda files relating to an IRA membership trial.

A Dublin man accused of IRA membership gave the minutes of a Sinn Féin cumann meeting to a Special Branch detective who was searching him, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement on defence applications concerning the belief of the head of the Garda Special Branch that two Dublin men were IRA members.

The head of the Garda Special Branch told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he had confidential information from "garda and non garda sources" that two Dublin men were members of the IRA.

The head of the Garda Special Branch told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed two Dublin men were members of the IRA.

A verdict is expected next Tuesday morning in the case of a former Irish soldier accused of membership of an illegal organisation.

A witness told a Special Criminal Court trial today that he believed an extra payment of €25,000 demanded after a threat was made to his club was "essential to keep the club open".

Two Dublin men who claimed they were in the Continuity IRA demanded money from the owner of a lap dancing club in Temple Bar, the Special Criminal Court heard today.