Man acquitted of membership of the IRA

A man who admitted his part in a surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist Garda units has been acquitted of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court.

The non-jury court delivered its judgment on the 10th day of the trial of Corey Mulhall, aged 43, Daletree Court, Ballycullen, Dublin 24.

He had formally admitted taking photos of the Garda complex on Harcourt Square in September 2012 after booking a room in the Harcourt Hotel under a false name, Jason Egan.