Court finds ex-army man guilty of CIRA membership
A Dublin man who demanded money for the Continuity IRA from a lap dancing club owner was found guilty of membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.
Martin Kelly (aged 47), a former Corporal in the Irish Defence Forces, of Westpark, Artane had denied membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on July 29, 2002.