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Judges to deliver verdict after one-day IRA trial

Summary

The Special Criminal Court will deliver a verdict on March 2 in the case of Sean Walsh, 51, of Co Cork, who is accused of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army on December 14, 2016. Walsh pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecution alleged that Walsh was present at a house on Old Commons Road where a bag containing firearms and ammunition was found, and that his DNA matched a woolly hat recovered from the scene. It further alleged that Walsh met co-accused Joseph Walsh and Michael Gilmartin at a petrol station before they entered a house at Chestnut Drive, Cobh, where a sawn-off shotgun, a 9mm pistol, and ammunition were seized. Joseph Walsh, 36, and Michael Gilmartin, 47, both pleaded guilty to possession of the firearms and ammunition at Chestnut Drive on December 14, 2016. Last week, Joseph Walsh was sentenced to five years and six months for possession of firearms and two years for possession of ammunition. Gilmartin was jailed for five years for possession of firearms and two years for possession of ammunition. Their sentences are to run concurrently and were backdated to December 14, 2016. The matter regarding Sean Walsh remains pending judgment.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Judges to deliver verdict after one-day IRA trial. Charges or matters: possession of firearms including a magazine suitable for a 9mm parabellum pistol, a 9mm parabellum pistol and a double-barrel sawn-off shotgun at Chestnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Newtown, Cobh, Co Cork on December 14, 2016; membership of an unlawful organisation, styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh Na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on December 14th, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• December 14th, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 29 Other
• December 6 Other
• December 7 Other
• December 14 Incident
• September 6, 2014 Incident
• December 14, 2016 Incident
• March 2 Incident
• 2018-02-12 Publication

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