Senior Sinn Fein official released on bail

A senior Sinn Féin official who has been held in custody for over two months has been released on bail by the High Court in Belfast…

A senior Sinn Féin official who has been held in custody for over two months has been released on bail by the High Court in Belfast.

Mr Denis Donaldson was arrested when members of the PSNI controversially raided the party's offices in Stormont last October, after accusations an IRA spy ring was in operation there.

Mr Donaldson is one of four people that have been charged with allegedly having documents that could be of use to terrorists.

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