Judge rejects application to acquit IRA suspects

The Special Criminal Court today turned down applications by defence lawyers to acquit two men accused of membership of an illegal organisation.

The court ruled that there was sufficient evidence before the court to allow the trial to continue. Mr Conor Devally SC for Brian Quinn and Mr Diarmaid Mc Guinness SC for Colm Maguire had submitted that there was not enough evidence at the end of the prosecution case for the trial to continue.