Man arrested after Alan Ryan funeral to stand trial for IRA membership.
A Dublin man arrested after a garda investigation into paramilitary activity at the funeral of Alan Ryan will stand trial for IRA membership next year.
Nathan Kinsella (33) is charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 13th, 2012.
He was arrested in September last year along with Vincent Ryan (22), a brother of the deceased man Alan Ryan, and Darragh Evans (23), who are also charged with the same offence on the same date.
The non-jury court had adjourned the case until this month after hearing Mr Kinsella had suffered a “very traumatic injury” and his mobility was “quite debilitated”.
Counsel for the accused man, Ms Imelda Kelly BL, this morning told the Special Criminal Court that the defence was seeking a 2014 date for the trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
Presiding judge Mr Justice Paul Butller, sitting with Judge Alison Lindsay and Judge Flannan Brennan, remanded the accused man on continuing bail to appear before the court on March 4th 2014 for trial.
He told Mr Kinsella that if he intended to rely on the defence of alibi he must notify the prosecution within 14 days and furnish the relevant names and addresses.
Mr Justice Butler said Mr Kinsella should not without leave of court call anybody to give evidence on his behalf unless 21 days before the day of the trial he gives notice of his intention to do so.
