Two Cork men charged with with possession of firearms and ammunition

Two Cork men accused of IRA membership were freshly charged today at the Special Criminal Court with possession of firearms and ammunition.

Joseph Walsh (aged 36) of Glengarriff Road, Fair Hill, Co Cork and Michael Gilmartin (aged 46), with an address at Chestnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Newtown, Cobh, Co Cork were charged today with possession of firearms including a magazine suitable for a 9mm parabellum pistol, a 9mm parabellum pistol and a double-barrel sawn-off shotgun at Chestnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Newtown, Cobh, County Cork on December 14 last year.