Suspected IRA member on bail pending landmark challenge

A Dublin Sinn Féin member who was jailed for four years for IRA membership last year was freed on bail by the Court of Criminal Appeal today pending the outcome of a landmark legal challenge to anti-terrorist legislation.

The court freed Kenneth Donohoe on his own bail of €1,000, an independent surety of €18,000, ordered him to sign on daily at Crumlin Garda Station and not to associate with anyone convicted of a scheduled offence.