Six Dundalk men charged with membership of an illegal organisation after gardai foiled a punishment beating in the town were further remanded for a fortnight at the Special Criminal Court today.

Six men accused of being members of a republican terrorist group have been remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court.

Six men accused of being members of a republican paramilitary group were today remanded in custody by Dublin’s Special Criminal Court.

A protestant shot dead by republican gunmen in front of his catholic girlfriend in Northern Ireland was a former loyalist paramilitary prisoner, it was disclosed today.

Mr Ivan Barr, the Sinn Fein Chairman of Strabane District Council, said he was horrified by the killing of a protestant man as he left the home of his Catholic girlfriend las night.

The RUC has said it believes republican paramilitaries were involved in the murder of a protestant man in Strabane, Co Tyrone, last night.

A man in his late 20s was shot dead in Strabane, Co Tyrone, last night.