Court convicts man of IRA membership

A Northern Ireland man arrested after gardaí discovered a bomb making operation near the border last year has been convicted of membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court today.

The court convicted Eamonn Matthews (aged 25), of Dublin Road, Killeen, Newry, Co Down of membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on June 13 last year.