Gardai believed IRA firearms and explosives were being stored at ex-SF councillor's home

During the trial of Gerard Hutch at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Inspector Padraig Boyce gave evidence concerning the grounds for obtaining a search warrant on the Donegal home of Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor. The inspector stated that gardaí had sought the warrant based on suspicions that the property was being used to store firearms and explosives on behalf of the IRA. The search was…