EU court asked to decide issue in appeal by Corkman charged with IRA membership

Accused faces four charges including that he was an IRA member, that he was involved in directing IRA activities and that he was involved in a conspiracy to direct a terrorist organisation

Seán Walsh, 56, of Ballinlough, Douglas, Co Cork, is wanted to face charges of IRA membership stemming from a police surveillance operation on a July 2020 meeting of senior paramilitaries in Omagh, Co Tyrone. He denies the claims.

The Supreme Court will refer to the Court of Justice of the EU an issue in an appeal brought by an alleged member of a dissident republican paramilitary group against his proposed surrender to Northern Ireland.

Seán Walsh, 56, of Ballinlough, Douglas, Co Cork, is wanted to face charges of IRA membership stemming from a police surveillance operation on a July 2020 meeting of senior paramilitaries in Omagh, Co Tyrone. He denies the claims.