Articles tagged with: Jim Smyth

A 43-year-old man from Scotstown, Co Monaghan who is facing a charge alleging membership of the IRA was released on bail at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Tuesday. Jim Smyth, of Aghalissabeagh, was arrested in Carrickmacross last month by members of the Special Detective Unit as part of ongoing investigations into dissident republican activity. He is charged with membership of an unlawful organisation, styling itself on the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA, on 25 November. On Tuesday, Detective Inspector William Hanrahan, of the Special Detective Unit, ...

A 43-year-old man was brought before an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin at the weekend charged with membership of the IRA. Jim Smyth, with an address at Aghalissabeagh, Scotstown, Co Monaghan was arrested under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 and detained at Carrickmacross Garda Station before being brought before the three-judge court. The charge against him alleges membership of an unlawful organisation, styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA, on November 25th, 2015. Detective Garda ...