Kevin Hannaway pleads not guilty to IRA assistance charge

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Kevin Hannaway was pleading not guilty to knowingly assisting an unlawful organisation at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 6 March 2018.

The charge concerns alleged assistance with interviewing people for IRA-organised criminal activities at Riverwood Park, Castleknock, Dublin, on 7 and 8 August 2015.

The prosecution said gardaí used surveillance devices to record conversations at the private house. The trial was continuing before Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy, sitting with two judges.

The report also described defence concerns about white noise on an audio recording played in court.