IRA member goes back to jail voluntarily

A Dublin Sinn Féin member who was jailed for four years for IRA membership and who was freed on bail last month pending an appeal went back to prison voluntarily today.

Niall Binead's solicitor Mr Robert Purcell applied to the Court of Criminal Appeal to have Binead's bail revoked and said that he wanted to surrender himself to Portlaoise Prison this afternoon. Mr George Birmingham SC for the DPP said he had no objection.