Six cleared and one convicted of C-IRA membership

Six men were cleared of being members of the Continuity IRA and one man was convicted of the charge at the Special Criminal Court today after one of the longest trials in the history of the court.

Six cleared and one convicted of C-IRA membership

Six men were cleared of being members of the Continuity IRA and one man was convicted of the charge at the Special Criminal Court today after one of the longest trials in the history of the court.

Mr Justice Paul Butler, presiding, said that in the case of six of the seven accused "there must be a reasonable doubt that an IRA meeting was taking place".

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