Court of Appeal dismisses Alan Harte’s challenge to Special Criminal Court conviction

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

The Court of Appeal dismissed Alan Harte’s appeal against his conviction by the Special Criminal Court, according to a judgment delivered on 3 December 2025.

Harte had challenged whether the three-judge court could return a majority verdict and withhold whether its verdict was unanimous. The State argued that a jury and the Special Criminal Court were different concepts because juries represent a cross-section of society. At the appeal hearing, the court said it would reserve judgment.