In his action, Harte has challenged the constitutionality of Section 40 of the 1939 Offences Against the State Act which directs that a person who comes before the three-judge court cannot be told if they have been convicted by a majority decision or a unanimous decision.

As per a report in The Sunday Times, Mr Quinn (74) has named a former associate as being responsible for the attack on the power station in November 2012. 

An inquest jury in Chesterfield also found that a police early morning raid made a ‘possible’ contribution to the death of Cyril McGuinness.