Kevin Braney and Ciaran Maguire plead not guilty to IRA membership

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Kevin Braney and Ciaran Maguire have pleaded not guilty to IRA membership at the Special Criminal Court, where evidence was heard on 25 April 2018. The alleged membership relates to an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, and both men are accused of involvement on 2 August 2017.

The defence is challenging the admissibility of interviews in a trial within a trial. Prosecutors said neither man answered detectives’ questions about suspected dissident activity. The court was due to rule on the issue the following morning, while the trial continued.