Munster Real IRA leadership jailed

The leader of the Real IRA in Munster was jailed for five years and nine months, his second in command was jailed for four years and three other members of a Real IRA active service unit were given sentence ranging from three years to four years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The court jailed Ciaran ``Kiwi '' O' Dwyer for five years and nine months, his second in command Ultan Larkin for four years, Gerard Varian for three years, John Murphy for four years and Aidan O' Driscoll for three years for membership of an illegal organisation.