Dundalk out of bounds for suspect

A man suspected of Real IRA membership was refused permission to go on holiday to Bettystown in Co Meath because a High Court judge thought it too close to the republican stronghold of Dundalk.
Lord Justice Shiel refused to vary bail conditions to allow Noel Abernathy (37) to go on a weekend break to the seaside resort with his wife and daughter because he said there was a risk he would use the holiday to visit or make contact with dissident republicans.
He said Bettystown was "quite close to Dundalk" and that was where "these people often meet".
Mr Abernathy was previously granted an amendment to his bail conditions to allow him to cross the border for a short holiday in Bundoran, Co Donegal, in September.