Evidence ruled admissible at Special Criminal Court explosives trial

Applications to rule evidence inadmissible at the trial of a Northern Irish man accused of possessing an explosive substance have been dismissed at the Special Criminal Court today.

Counsel for Samuel Devlin (aged 55) had applied to the court to rule inadmissible evidence about a detonating cord, found in a hotel room in Lucan, as well as samples of the accused man's DNA.