Dissident trial continues

The trial of three North men who were arrested during a garda investigation into dissident republican activity in Co Donegal last February continued at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Desmond Donnelly (aged 58) of Drumall, Lisnarick, Co Fermanagh, Gerard McGarrigle (aged 46) of Mount Carmel Heights, Strabane, Co Tyrone and Jim Murphy (aged 61) of Floraville, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh have pleaded not guilty to membership of an illegal organisation styling itself on the

Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on February 22 last.

There was legal argument over disclosure of an operational document today.

The court has been told that the three men were arrested at a garda checkpoint outside Letterkenny.

When gardaí searched the car they were travelling in, they found cable ties, gloves and other items.

The men were arrested and taken to garda stations in Letterkenny and Milford.

The trial continues tomorrow.