Man cleared of IRA membership charge

A Co Donegal man walked free from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after he was cleared of an IRA membership charge.

Mr Justice Paul Butler, presiding at the three-judge, non-jury court, said that while the court was satisfied that Chief Superintendent Terry Mc Ginn believed that Philip McGavigan was a member of the IRA on February 2, 2010, the court must have reasonable doubt in relation to that belief having regard to other evidence.