Man on trial for IRA membership had ‘republican’ posters in TV unit, court hears

A Monaghan mechanic on trial for IRA membership was found to have a number of ‘republican’ posters in his TV unit, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

James Joseph Cassidy (55) of Tullycollive, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, has pleaded not guilty to being a member of an unlawful organisation styling itself as the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA, within the State on September 21, 2016.