Samuel Devlin's explosives trial date set for 2016

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Samuel Devlin had his trial date set at the Special Criminal Court over alleged explosive possession, reported on 7 October 2014. The charge concerns PETN allegedly possessed at Finnstown House Hotel, Lucan, on 11 May 2014. The court fixed 2 February 2016 for a trial expected to last four weeks. Devlin also faces a charge of membership of an unlawful organisation, identified in the report as Óglaigh na hÉireann, the Irish Republican Army or the IRA.