Accused seen with slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, trial hears

At the Special Criminal Court, Detective gardaí provided evidence that Ray Kennedy, aged 40, of Blanchardstown, Dublin, was observed in the company of Alan Ryan, the slain Real IRA leader, on separate occasions during 2011 and 2012 in the Donaghmede area of Dublin. The observations formed part of proceedings against Kennedy and Laurence Murphy, aged 62, of Bettystown, County Meath, both of whom have pleaded not…