Kevin Hannaway jailed for helping IRA interrogate men

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Kevin Hannaway was jailed for three years and nine months for knowingly assisting the IRA with interrogations, by the Special Criminal Court, as reported on 1 August 2018. The assistance involved interviewing people linked to IRA-organised criminal activity at Riverwood Park, Castleknock, Dublin, on 7 and 8 August 2015.

The court said the offence warranted six years but reduced the sentence because of Hannaway’s age and medical problems. His barrister had argued that imprisonment posed a threat to his life, while the judges left decisions about his medical treatment and prison location to the prison authorities.