IRA conviction declared a miscarriage of justice

A man from Dundalk, County Louth, has had his conviction for IRA membership declared a miscarriage of justice by the Special Criminal Court. The applicant was originally convicted in June 2017 and spent fourteen months in custody. The court found that a Garda Assistant Commissioner made "an unqualified assertion" during the trial that material underlying his belief evidence was not contained in the Book of Evidence…