Chief Superintendent believes CIRA statement reader was member of IRA

A Garda Chief Superintendent has given evidence to the Special Criminal Court that he held the belief Michael Kiely was a member of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. Mr Kiely, aged 43, of Abbeyvale, Corbally, Limerick, has pleaded not guilty to membership of such an organisation on 6 January 2013. Chief Superintendent Dave Sheehan told the court his belief was not formed on the basis…