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A man caught in a surveillance operation targeting the Continuity IRA has lost a High Court battle aimed at securing release from prison under a Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM).
NEW anti-terror legislation which pushes back prison release dates for men caught in a surveillance operation targeting the Continuity IRA breaches their human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
INCREASED custodial terms applied retrospectively to men caught in a surveillance operation targeting the Continuity IRA represents a "nadir of unfairness", the Court of Appeal heard.
A Northern Ireland teenager who sang the Fields of Athenry to the PSNI has been fined £610 and told to learn the entire song. Thomas Martin (19) of Parkhead Crescent also pleaded guilty to resisting and obstructing police on June 5, 2020. The defendant appeared at Newry magistrates on Wednesday via video link. The court heard that the PSNI observed a number of males walking with open bottles of beer and consuming them. Officers approached them on Edward Street in breach of council regulations on street drinking. The police spoke with the males with the defendant beginning to sing the ‘Fi...
A judge has told a Newry teenager he hopes his time in a young offenders centre will inspire him to learn the words to the Fields of Athenry. Newry Magistrate’s Court heard how Thomas Martin (19), who appeared today via video link, repeatedly sang the traditional Irish ballad to police officers after he was arrested for resisting and obstructing police on June 5 last year. Martin later pleaded guilty to both charges. With an address at Parkhead Crescent in the city, it was heard how Martin had been mixing with a number of older males who had been drinking in public on that date.