Ó Muireagáin rejects claim of IRA links

THE Irishman held in Israel on suspicion of training Palestinian bombers yesterday rejected claims he was a former IRA member.

Seán Ó Muireagáin, 42, from west Belfast, finally arrived back in the city after a five-day prison ordeal.

Even though he admitted serving two years in prison for handling stolen goods, the Irish language expert and journalist dismissed allegations linking him to the Provisional IRA. In an attack on the Israeli authorities, he said: “Everybody seems to have taken their word and all of a sudden I was the bomber and now I’m an IRA man. It’s not true.”