Judge jails Continuity IRA member for four years

A Limerick man convicted yesterday of membership of the Continuity IRA worked in Templemore garda training college, Dublin Castle and banks throughout Munster, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Jailing Patrick O'Shea (aged 54) for four years, with the final year suspended, Mr Justice Paul Butler presiding said the court had to take account of the gravity of the offence. The court heard evidence that the Continuity IRA is the "armed and military wing of Republican Sinn Fein" of which Mr O'Shea is also a member.