Man jailed for IRA membership

A Cork man who was arrested during the garda investigation into a money laundering operation involving the proceeds of the 2004 Northern Bank robbery in Belfast was jailed for three years and three months for IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The court convicted Tom Hanlon (aged 43), a father of four and self employed painter, of Pembroke Row, Passage West, Co Cork of IRA membership on February 16, 2005. He had denied the charge.