Shane Rowan jailed for possessing AK-47 rifles and ammunition

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Shane Rowan was jailed for seven and a half years for possessing assault rifles and ammunition, with a concurrent four-year term for IRA membership, in July 2016.

Three rifles modelled on AK-47s and ammunition were found in his car during a Garda intervention at Tuiterath outside Slane, County Meath, on 9 March 2016.