A Dublin father of two has been sentenced to three-and-a-half-years in jail for membership of the IRA.

The Special Criminal Court today refused bail to a Dublin man facing a firearms and IRA membership charge.

Two Dublin men have appeared before a late sitting of the Special Criminal Court this afternoon charged with firearms and IRA membership offences.

A NEIGHBOUR of murdered father of five Thomas Farrell appeared in court yesterday charged with the fatal stabbing of the 43-year-old.