Accused tells R-IRA trial he was collecting drainage rods

A man accused of membership of the Real IRA in Limerick drove into Co Tipperary to collect drainage rods, he told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Brian Murphy, aged 35, of Ardshan, Bally, Adare Co Limerick, denies membership of the IRA, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army on April 24, 2003.