Two jailed in 'Real IRA training camp' case

Two men involved in running a Real IRA training camp, one of them a trained sniper in the Army, were jailed for up to five years today after being convicted of membership of an unlawful organisation.

Former soldier Richard Whyte, aged 31, of Richardstown, Kildangan Co Kildare, was jailed for five years after the Special Criminal Court convicted him of membership of the IRA on July 7 last year.