Suspected CIRA member admits membership of Republican SF

One of seven men suspected of membership of the dissident Continuity IRA told gardai that he was a member of Republican Sinn Fein and was not involved in any illegal organisation, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

The court has heard that the seven men were arrested when a large party of gardai raided a house in the Shanabooley Road area of Limerick in December 2001.