Overview
- Gardaí arrested a man in his late 40s after extradition from Scotland on a European Arrest Warrant in the Denis Donaldson murder inquiry.
- The suspect is due to appear before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, a non-jury court used for serious security-related cases.
- Police said the operation drew support from the Garda Extradition Unit, the Garda National Bureau of Investigation, and the Irish Air Corps.
- Donaldson, a former Sinn Féin official who had admitted working as an agent for police and MI5, was shot dead near Glenties, County Donegal, in 2006.
- The Real IRA claimed responsibility in 2009, though investigators say inquiries continue and have now advanced to an extradition and court appearance.