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.

A Garda ballistics expert has told the Special Criminal Court that he found no evidence of any explosive substances in a car that had been stopped at gunpoint on the N4 near Mullingar.

The trial of three alleged Real IRA members arrested after a major garda surveillance organisation against the dissident terrorist organisation was adjourned today until next week due to the illness of a judge at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

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.