Five face INLA membership charge
BBC
25 Feb 2008
Five men - two of them from Strabane in County Tyrone - have appeared in court in Dublin charged with membership of an illegal organisation.
The five, alleged members of the INLA, were arrested in Cork and Limerick over the weekend.
Four men were arrested in Cork on Friday night as part of an operation against an alleged kidnap plan.
Three others were arrested in follow-up searches. Two of the seven were released without charge.
However, files on them are being sent to the director of public prosecutions.
The two Strabane men are 42-year-old Edward McGarrigle, from Melmount Gardens and John McCrossan, 46, from the Ballycolman estate.
Also appearing at the Special Criminal Court were Gareth Dunne, 22, of Clonard Road, Crumlin, and Gerard Kelleher, 26, of Cathedral View Walk, Kevin Street, also in the city.
A fifth man, Neil Myles, 53, gave no fixed address. All five were remanded in custody.
Lawyers told the court there would be applications for bail at the next hearing on Friday.
