A New York barman, who claims Aaron Brady told him he shot a Garda during a robbery that went wrong, has denied ever being a member of the Real IRA.
Aaron Brady of New Road, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, denies the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was shot dead during an armed robbery in Co Louth in 2013.
Daniel Cahill moved to New York the same year and claimed he heard Mr Brady say on three separate occasions that he shot a Garda.
Under cross-examination yesterday, he told Justin McQuade that he strongly denied being a member of the ‘Ryan Crew’ or the ‘Dublin IRA.’
He said he knew Alan Ryan, the head of the Real IRA in Dublin who was shot dead in 2012, but he described the suggestion he was a member as “ridiculous”.
The judge described the question as “outrageous and unacceptable.” He told the witness he shouldn’t have been asked that, and Mr. McQuade apologised.
Aaron Brady denies shooting Det Adrian Donohoe during an armed robbery outside Lordship Credit Union in January 2013.
