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A 44-year-old man detained today as part of the investigation into the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black last month is due to appear before the Special Criminal Court this afternoon at 1pm.
Gardaí attached to the Special Detective Unit had arrested the man and a woman aged 31 in Dublin this morning as part of the inquiry into the murder, which took place in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on November 1st.
They were detained at Ballymun Garda station under provisions of section 30 of the Offences of the State Act.
Meanwhile, a 36-year-old man was to appear in court in Lisburn today charged in connection with the murder.
Mr Black (52) had been shot dead by dissident republicans as he drove to work on a motorway in Co Armagh.
The suspect, who was detained in Co Tyrone yesterday, has been charged with terrorism offences and is will appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court this morning.
Mr Black, a father of two, worked at the high-security Maghaberry jail in Co Antrim where dissident republicans had been on a no-wash protest over strip searches.
He was the first prison officer murdered in Northern Ireland for 20 years.
A dissident paramilitary group calling itself the "IRA" claimed responsibility for Mr Black’s murder.
A 44-year-old man detained today as part of the investigation into the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black last month is due to appear before the Special Criminal Court this afternoon at 1pm.
Gardaí attached to the Special Detective Unit had arrested the man and a woman aged 31 in Dublin this morning as part of the inquiry into the murder, which took place in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on November 1st.
They were detained at Ballymun Garda station under provisions of section 30 of the Offences of the State Act.
Meanwhile, a 36-year-old man was to appear in court in Lisburn today charged in connection with the murder.
Mr Black (52) had been shot dead by dissident republicans as he drove to work on a motorway in Co Armagh.
The suspect, who was detained in Co Tyrone yesterday, has been charged with terrorism offences and is will appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court this morning.
Mr Black, a father of two, worked at the high-security Maghaberry jail in Co Antrim where dissident republicans had been on a no-wash protest over strip searches.
He was the first prison officer murdered in Northern Ireland for 20 years.
A dissident paramilitary group calling itself the "IRA" claimed responsibility for Mr Black’s murder.
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