Dublin man charged with IRA membership

A Dublin man has appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court this morning charged with membership of the IRA.

Forty-year-old Joe Clarke, of Geraldstown Woods, Santry, is charged with membership of an unlawful organisation within the State, styling itself as the Irish Republican Army.

The man was arrested yesterday evening.

Mr Clarke was remanded in custody, to appear in court again on July 22.