Dublin man acquitted in IRA membership trial

A 33-year-old Dublin man has been acquitted of membership of the IRA following a week-long trial at the Special Criminal Court.

Mr Justice Paul Butler, presiding at the three-judge, non-jury court, said that the court had to give the benefit of the doubt to the accused, Criostoir Mac Carthaigh, as the State had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he was an IRA member.