Corkman charged with paramilitary membership

A 25-year-old Corkman appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today charged with membership of an unlawful organisation in December 2003.

Aidan O'Driscoll, aged 25, of Glenheights Park, Ballyvolane, was arrested at his home at 5.55am today under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and charged with membership of an organisation styling itself the IRA, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army on December 15, 2003.