Dublin man appears in court on IRA membership charge

A 30-year-old Dublin man today appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with IRA membership and possession of a firearm yesterday.

A Dublin man has been charged with IRA membership and firearms offensives at the Special Criminal Court as part of a garda investigation in to the activities of dissident republicans.

Declan Geraghty (aged 30), of Bawnlea Crescent, Tallaght, Dublin 24, is charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 26, 2012.