CIRA suspect 'took anti surveillance measure'

A Special Branch detective told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed that Des Long, the vice president of Republican Sinn Fein, was carrying out an anti surveillance measure in driving a circuitous route through Limerick.

Detective Garda Joe Heaney said that he was monitoring the movements of Mr Long on the evening of December 17, 2001 and he followed him as he drove from his home to the Castletroy Park Hotel.