Monaghan mechanic found guilty of IRA membership

A Monaghan mechanic has been found guilty of IRA membership by the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

James Joseph Cassidy, 55, of Tullycollive, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, had denied membership of an unlawful organisation, styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on September 21, 2016.