IRA conviction declared a miscarriage of justice

The Special Criminal Court declared in April 2021 that a man from County Louth had been the victim of a miscarriage of justice following his conviction for IRA membership. Michael Connolly, aged 47 from Dundalk, had been convicted in June 2017 and detained for fourteen months before the determination was made. His original trial proceeded on the basis of belief evidence given by a Garda Assistant Commissioner, who…