Article 38 of the Constitution of Ireland empowers the Dáil to establish "special courts" with wide-ranging powers when the "ordinary courts are … See more

On 26 May 1972, the Government exercised its power to make a proclamation pursuant to Section 35(2) of the under the Offences against the State Act 1939 See more

The Special Criminal Court has been criticised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Amnesty International and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights See more

• Courts of the Republic of Ireland
• Garda Special Detective Unit
• Diplock courts — Northern Ireland's equivalent of the Special Criminal Court See more

The court is composed of three judges appointed by the government from among the judges of the ordinary courts, usually one from the See more

• In 1976 Marie and Noel Murray were sentenced to death by the court for the capital murder of Garda Michael Reynolds. The convictions were overturned on appeal and they were instead sentenced to life in prison for "ordinary" murder. They were released in 1992. See more

• Seosamh Ó Longaigh, Emergency Law in Independent Ireland, 1922–1948 (ISBN 1-85182-922-9)
• Fergal F. Davis, The History and Development of the Special Criminal Court (ISBN 978-1-84682-013-7)
• Alice … See more