Gardaí recovered a large quantity of Sinn Féin posters, including election posters for Sinn Féin TD Aengus O' Snodaigh, from a car in which they also found a stun gun and CS gas canister, the trial of five men accused of IRA membership heard today.

A detective garda patrolling north Dublin said he drove to Bray Garda Station out of "boredom" on the night a group of men were arrested under suspicious circumstances, the Special Criminal Court heard today in the trial of five men accused of membership of an illegal organisation.

A judge at the Special Criminal Court today criticised the defence counsel of five men accused of membership of an illegal organisation, saying that he would be "less irritable" if he knew what the defence was.

The trial of five Dublin men accused of membership of an illegal organisation was told the arresting gardaí had "no suspicion at all" the men allegedly had any links to the IRA, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Five Dublin men accused of membership of an illegal organisation were only under suspicion for theft until gardaí saw the tattoos of one of the accused in custody, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Irish Under 19s will play their Welsh counterparts in Stradey Park tonight at 7pm.

A man charged with IRA membership was allegedly part of an "IRA enterprise" in which he and four co-accused intended to pose as gardai, the Special Criminal Court heard today.