Dublin man convicted of IRA membership

A Dublin man arrested during a Special Branch investigation into dissident republican activity in the city was today convicted of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court today.

Sean Farrell (aged 27) of Kilfenora Road, Crumlin, had pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation within the State styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on July 7 last year.