Brian Nick McBennett remanded over IRA membership charge

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Brian Nick McBennett was remanded in custody at the Special Criminal Court after he was charged with IRA membership on 3 July 2013. The court heard that he denied membership, and he was ordered to appear before the court again on 9 July.

The charge alleged membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, also known as Oglaigh na hEireann or the IRA.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.