The Special Criminal Court has set a date for the trial of Maze Prison escaper Brendan McFarlane on charges connected with the kidnapping of Don Tidey.
Mr McFarlane (52), of Jamaica Street, Belfast, was charged in January 1998 with falsely imprisoning the supermarket executive and having a firearm with intent to endanger life at Derrida Wood, Ballinanmore, Co Leitrim, in 1983.
Brendan McFarlane leaves the Special Criminal Court after an appearance in 2001.
Mr Tidey was kidnapped by an IRA gang in 1983 and rescued after 23 days in captivity.
A trainee garda, Gary Sheehan, and a member of the Defence Forces, Pte Patrick Kelly, were killed in a shoot-out with the gang when Mr Tidey was rescued.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the trial after it dismissed an appeal by Mr McFarlane against the High Court's refusal to stop his trial.
Mr Justice Paul Butler, presiding at the Special Criminal Court today, said the trial would go ahead in June.