A report drafted by a senior detective concluded that a Donegal man on trial for IRA membership had no association with any republican or dissident group for as long as ten years, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Gardaí today denied claims they threatened and intimidated a Donegal woman accused of covering up for a murder suspect in Donegal.

Gardaí in Lifford, Co Donegal are appealing for help in tracing a missing 65-year-old woman.

A man was today being questioned about more than 150 hoax bomb alerts in Omagh since the Real IRA atrocity which claimed 29 lives.