Prosecution says garda search was 'unlawful' in RIRA trial

Members of the Garda Special Detective Unit pulled over a car at gunpoint and found what an officer believed to be electric timing devices in the boot, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Detective Sergeant Martin Harrington, who was in charge of a team of detectives, was giving evidence in the trial of three alleged Real IRA members, arrested after a major garda surveillance operation against the dissident terrorist organisation.