Superintendent tells court of Garda raid
A Garda Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that 27 uniformed and plain-clothed gardaí took part in a swoop on a house in Limerick city where gardaí believed a meeting of the Continuity IRA was taking place.
Superintendent Gerard Mahon said that 22 plain clothes gardai and five uniformed gardaí raided the house at Shanabooly Road on the evening of December 17, 2001.