Case against IRA accused "a farce", defence tell court
A man from County Monaghan has completed trial at the Special Criminal Court on a charge of membership of an unlawful organization styling itself the Irish Republican Army. Jim Smyth, aged 44, with an address at Aghalissabeagh, Scotstown, has pleaded not guilty to the charge relating to 25 November 2015. During closing arguments, the defence barrister characterised the prosecution case as a farce, arguing his client…
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