The trial of a Cavan man accused of murder has heard that firearm residue was found on clothing similar to that allegedly worn by the accused on the morning of the fatal shooting.

The co-accused in a double murder trial told detectives he was no rat and would not name the person who stabbed two Polish men in the heads with a screw driver.

A jury at the trial of a Cavan man accused of murder has today been sent home for the night, having failed to reach a verdict after a second day of deliberation.

The trial of a Cavan man accused of murder has heard that firearms residue was found on clothes “similar” to clothes the accused man had been wearing the morning of the alleged murder.

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

A defence lawyer of one of two men accused of having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year applied for a direction to acquit his client at the Special Criminal Court today.