Four charged with Real IRA membership
Four men arrested in connection with an alleged Real IRA attempted firebomb attack on a house in Co Cork earlier this week were charged with membership of an illegal organisation at the Special criminal Court in Dublin today.
Alan Hickey, (aged 19), of Ballygibbon, Co Cork and Anthony Crowley, (aged 21), of Stoneview, Blarney, Co Cork were each charged with membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on March 24.