Three men charged with IRA membership

Three men arrested during a Garda Special Branch investigation into the activities of the Continuity IRA in Co Wexford were charged with membership and other charges at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin tonight.

The three were Billy Phillips (aged 45), of Harbour View, Maudlintown, Wexford, Jackie Bates (aged 55), of Jacketstown House, Jacketstown, Drinagh , Co Wexford and Robert Kearns (aged 31), of Redshire Road, Murrintown, Co Wexford.