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Man arrested after Alan Ryan Funeral jailed for IRA membership
Summary
Nathan Kinsella, 35, was jailed by the Special Criminal Court for two years after pleading guilty to membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 13 September 2012. He was arrested in February 2014 after failing to appear for trial, and the court heard evidence of paramilitary activity at the funeral of dissident republican Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in September 2012. Garda investigations uncovered documents in Kinsella's apartment referencing financial transactions, firearms, and a Glock, and a fingerprint from another person was found on a document. Kinsella denied firing a weapon but admitted to being a friend of Ryan for six years and attending the funeral. The court noted his lack of prior convictions, his plea of guilty, and his undertaking not to associate with unlawful organisations upon release, and sentenced him to three years' imprisonment with the final year suspended, back‑dated to 1 February 2014, after accounting for 11 weeks already served.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man arrested after Alan Ryan Funeral jailed for IRA membership. Charges or matters: membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 13, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 13, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 2012 Incident
- February 20 Incident
- November 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 1 Incident
- 2014-04-10 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 13, 2012 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Butler said the sentence would be backdated to February 1 of this year, to take in to account the 11 weeks Kinsella has already spent in custody.
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