Two men given suspended sentences for assisting Continuity IRA in attack that went unnoticed [Video]

TWO MEN HAVE been handed suspended sentences at the Special Criminal Court for helping the Continuity IRA in a “bizarre” purported attack on Enniskillen police station three years ago.

The court previously heard that the attack on the station – which was subsequently claimed by the Continuity IRA – went unnoticed at the time. However, a call about the incident, made to a media outlet, triggered a search in which an improvised “slam gun” was found close to the station.

Earlier this year Desmond Smith (65) , of Kilnavara Crescent, Co Cavan, pleaded guilty to knowingly rendering assistance to an organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA in the performance or furtherance of an unlawful object on 18 March 2021 within the State.

Stephen Hamill (52), of Willow Ridge, Gortnakesh, Co Cavan, pleaded guilty to the same offence on 13 March 2021.

Imposing …