Kevin Braney and Ciaran Maguire guilty of IRA membership

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Kevin Braney and Ciaran Maguire were found guilty of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court on 30 May 2018.

The case concerned an alleged threat made against an accident victim in Longwood, County Meath.

The three-judge court accepted belief evidence that both men belonged to the IRA on 2 August 2017.

The court also found that the men had travelled to the victim’s home and threatened him.

Braney and Maguire were remanded in custody until 24 July 2018, when they were due to be sentenced.