Gardaí reject claims of threatening accused

Claims of garda threats made by a Dublin man accused of IRA membership were rejected by the Special Criminal Court tomorrow.

Colm Maguire (aged 32) of O’Moore Road, Ballyfermot, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on August 23 last year.