IRA suspect 'failed to reply to garda questions'

A Northern Ireland man arrested at a Co Monaghan farmyard made no reply when questioned by Special Branch detectives about the activities of dissident republicans, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

The court heard that Aidan Grew was asked twelve times during the interview at Monaghan Garda Station if he was a member of an illegal organisation. Detective Garda Marilyn Brosnan said that Grew made no reply to any of the questions put to him during the interview.