Kevin Hannaway charged with assisting IRA at Special Criminal Court

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Kevin Hannaway, 67, of Collin Mill in Belfast, appeared before the Special Criminal Court on 10 August 2015, charged with knowingly rendering assistance to an unlawful organisation styling itself the IRA. The alleged assistance concerned 7 and 8 August 2015. The proceedings were reported on 12 August 2015.

His co-accused Edward O'Brien and Eva Shannon faced the same charge concerning the same dates. David Nooney and Sean Hannaway were each charged with membership of the IRA on 8 August 2015.

The report said all five accused were arrested on 8 August 2015 during an operation targeting dissident republican activity in Dublin. A detective also said Kevin Hannaway was arrested at Tower Road, Clondalkin, Dublin, at 2.50pm on 10 August 2015. The judge remanded all five in custody to appear before the court again on 17 August 2015.

Kevin Hannaway was identified as one of the surviving ‘Hooded Men’, who allege they were tortured during internment in the 1970s. The report said that, in June, the High Court in Belfast had granted them permission to challenge the British Government’s refusal to hold an independent investigation into their allegations of torture.