Privacy rights of 'New IRA' leader breached during surveillance, murder appeal told

Kevin Braney, aged 49 and identified by gardaí as a leader of the dissident republican organisation styling itself the New IRA, is pursuing an appeal of his 2019 conviction for the premeditated murder of Peter Butterly. The appeal, heard at the Special Criminal Court before a three-judge panel, raises significant questions about the lawfulness of covert surveillance and the reliability of evidence from State's…