Case relying on 'lowest form of evidence' in IRA membership trial

Closing speeches have been heard in the Special Criminal Court trial of three Northern Ireland men charged with membership of the IRA.

Mr Diarmaid McGuinness SC, counsel for accused man Gerard McGarrigle (aged 46), told the court that the evidence against the three men was in complete contrast to members of the IRA having been caught “in flagrante” on their way back from a bank robbery or engaging in a “shoot-out” with gardaí.