IRA suspect admitted past membership in garda interviews, court hears

A court has heard how a Kildare man who pleaded not guilty to membership of an illegal organisation made a number of statements attesting to his membership of the IRA while in garda custody.

In a signed statement John O’Reilly (aged 33) told investigating gardaí: “I was a member of the IRA until February 2009, when I cut all my ties with the organisation and stopped associating with the IRA.”