IRA membership trial collapses

THE TRIAL of two Louth men on firearms and IRA membership charges at the Special Criminal Court has collapsed.

Presiding judge Mr Justice Paul Butler said that in the interests of justice the court would recuse itself from trying Des Ryan (54) and Neil Smith (34), after finding that a ruling given yesterday was unclear and could be perceived as if the court had made predeterminations on the evidence against the accused men.

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