Tipp man testifies in Continuity IRA trial

A Tipperary man told the Special Criminal Court today that the front door of a house came down on top of him when gardai raided a house in Limerick where they suspected a meeting of the Continuity IRA was taking place.

Robert Mc Namara, who is treasurer of the Republican Sinn Fein cumann in Tipperary, said: "I was nearly the first member of Sinn Fein killed by a door in history."