Religious pictures found in car of man accused of IRA membership

A bottle of holy water and religious pictures were found alongside ammunition in the car of a Dundalk man accused of IRA membership, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

Det Gda Michael O'Driscoll was giving evidence on the first day of the trial of Seamus Mc Mahon (aged 38) of Ashbrook, Dundalk, who has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on October 7, 2004.