IRA accused was member at 15, court hears

A Detective Chief Superintendent has told the Special Criminal Court he formed the opinion that a Dublin man was a member of the IRA when the accused was approximately 15 years old.

Det. Chief Supt. Philip Kelly, who heads up the Special Detective Unit, was giving evidence in the trial of Vincent Kelly, now 21, who was arrested when gardaí found a handgun hidden inside a van stopped on the Malahide Road in north Dublin in June last year.