Gardaí had IRA suspect under surveillance before arrest, trial hears

Senior Garda detectives have told the Special Criminal Court that a man on trial for membership of the IRA had been under surveillance for several hours before his arrest.

In his evidence to the court, Detective Sergeant Cormac Jevens described how he observed Dublin man Criostair Mac Carthaigh travelling in convoy with a second car on a number of occasions around the city in the hours leading up to his arrest.