Wife of CIRA statement reader tells court gardai acknowledged husband was not in IRA

A man charged with membership of an unlawful organisation has denied the allegation at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. Michael Kiely, aged 43, of Abbeyvale, Corbally in Limerick, has pleaded not guilty to membership of the IRA following an incident in January 2013. Evidence was heard that Kiely read a Continuity IRA statement at a graveside commemoration in Limerick containing threats against members of the…