Special Criminal Court rejects argument that it has no jurisdiction to hear Lunney trial

The Special Criminal Court has rejected jurisdictional challenges to its authority to try four men accused of assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney. A defence counsel argued the court has evolved into a permanent structure beyond its legal remit under 1972 legislation establishing it as a temporary measure. He contended the Director of Public Prosecutions, rather than the Oireachtas, now…