Pensioner fails in appeal against IRA membership conviction
A 71-year-old Dublin man has lost his appeal against a conviction for IRA membership imposed by the Special Criminal Court in February 2011. Barry Fitzpatrick, formerly of Donegal connections, received a three-year sentence which he has since completed, being released in June 2013. He was convicted of membership of an organisation styling itself on the Irish Republican Army on the basis of events occurring on 4…
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