Ireland’s Court of Appeal overturns a decision related to a miscarriage of justice certificate in an IRA membership case. According to reports, a man who is in his 50s, Michael Connolly, serves a prison sentence of about 14 months after being convicted of IRA membership. He denies the charge. The case then proceeds through the legal process in which a miscarriage of justice certificate had previously been granted, allowing further review of the conviction. The Court of Appeal now quashes that certificate, meaning the earlier granting of the certificate does not stand. The reports characterise the ruling as a “legal first.” Media accounts also note that the decision follows the earlier quashing of the underlying IRA membership conviction, after which the miscarriage of justice certificate became the focus of further court consideration. Sources agree on the central outcomes: the Court of Appeal overturns the certificate decision and the man’s IRA membership conviction had already been quashed, with he having spent 14 months in prison before the conviction was set aside. The accounts describe the man’s age and his denial of the IRA membership charge.