Hutch trial: Search warrant was obtained for Dowdall's home to look for IRA firearms and explosives

Prosecution says Hutch had asked Dowdall to arrange a meeting with provisional republicans to mediate or resolve the Hutch-Kinahan feud, Special Criminal Court heard

Members of the Garda Public Order Unit on duty at the Special Criminal Court during the trial of Gerry Hutch. File picture: Collins Courts

A search warrant was obtained for former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall's home on the basis that firearms and explosives were being stored there on behalf of the IRA, an inspector has told the Special Criminal Court.

The court also heard it was "slightly exaggerated" to say that the Garda Diving Unit was brought in to search an "enormous" pond at the back of Dowdall's home.