Dublin IRA accused was in car driven by convicted IRA member

A Dublin man on trial for membership of the IRA was a passenger in a car being driven by a convicted IRA member before both men were stopped by gardai, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A Dublin man on trial for membership of the IRA was a passenger in a car being driven by a convicted IRA member before both men were stopped by gardaí, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Robert Nolan (aged 45) of Elmdale Park, Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation within the State, namely the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on January 11, 2012.