Suspected IRA member loses challenge to legality of arrest
The Special Criminal Court has found that the trial of a Dublin man accused of membership of the IRA can continue despite a challenge to the legality of his arrest.
Sean Farrell (aged 26), of Kilfenora Road, Crumlin, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation within the State namely Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army, otherwise the IRA on July 7, 2010.