Two men on IRA membership charges in Special Criminal Court

Two Dublin men have appeared before a late sitting of the Special Criminal Court this afternoon charged with firearms and IRA membership offences.

Robert Nolan (aged 44) of Elmdale Park, Ballyfermot and Dermot Gannon (aged 45) are both charged with membership of an unlawful organisation within the State, namely the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on January 11, 2012.