IRA trial garda 'unable to contact solicitor'

A garda witness in the trial of three Armagh men accused of memberhip of the IRA has told the Special Criminal Court he was unable to contact the accused’s solicitor on the night of the arrest.

Garda Gerry Farry, in charge of Monaghan Garda Station where five men were being detained by detectives investigating the activities of dissident republicans, said he attempted to call the solicitor for the accused Aidan Grew but was unsuccessful.