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Cork man guilty of IRA membership

Summary

In a Special Criminal Court hearing, Sean Walsh, aged 51, was found guilty of membership in the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Walsh had denied being a member on 14 December 2016, but the court accepted evidence from Chief Superintendent Barry McPolin, who testified that he was certain of Walsh's membership based on confidential information. Detective Sergeant Patrick Murphy supplied further evidence, including surveillance reports and a search of a house on Old Commons Road where a bag containing firearms, ammunition, latex gloves and a black woolly hat was found; the hat's DNA matched Walsh's. The court also heard that Walsh had met with co‑accused Joseph Walsh, Michael Gilmartin and a fourth man at Old Commons Road on 29 November and 6 December, and that the group had been involved in a shooting on 7 December. The case was adjourned for sentencing on 16 March.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Cork man guilty of IRA membership. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial

When:

• December 14th, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 29th Other
• December 6th Other
• December 7th Other
• December 14th Incident
• September 6th, 2014 Adjournment
• March 16th Adjournment
• 2018-03-07 Publication

Case subjects

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Topics

Stage Charge Or Pretrial

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