DPP appeals refusal of challenge to IRA miscarriage of justice declaration

The Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged an appeal against a High Court decision that upheld the Special Criminal Court's determination that Michael Connolly, a man from County Louth, was the victim of a miscarriage of justice. The case centres on Mr Connolly's conviction in 2017 for membership of an unlawful organisation, which stemmed from observations made by gardaí in December 2014 near Convoy in County…