Garda admits errors in Continuity IRA trial

A detective garda who took part in a raid on a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA was taking place, made a number of errors in his witness statement, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Det Garda Derek Smart, Henry Street, said other members of the garda search party handed him a number of itmes seized during the raid. He agreed with Ms Anne Rowland BL, acting for one of the accused, that in his statement detailing the items, he inadvertently made a number of errors.