Brian Kenna loses search challenge in IRA membership case

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Brian Kenna lost a search challenge in the Special Criminal Court on 27 April 2017 in his IRA membership case.

The three-judge court ruled that his search and arrest were lawful.

Mr Kenna denies membership of an unlawful organisation, identified in court as the IRA, on 21 November 2015.

The case concerned an alleged IRA communiqué found during a search outside Portlaoise prison.

A separate challenge to the search of Mr Kenna’s car remained before the court, while the trial continued.