Man found guilty of IRA membership jailed for five years
A Dublin man arrested during a Special Branch investigation into dissident republican activity in the city was jailed for five years for IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court today.
Sean Farrell (aged 27), of Kilfenora Road, Crumlin, was convicted last week of 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.