Sligo men accused of IRA membership granted bail

Men arrested in Leitrim as part of operation targeting dissident republican activity

The two men are charged with membership of an unlawful organisation

The two men are charged with membership of an unlawful organisation

Two Sligo men accused of IRA membership were granted bail by the Special Criminal Court yesterday.

The men, arrested in Co Leitrim as part of an operation targeting dissident republican activity, were charged earlier this month. Damhan McFadden (27) of Kilmacowen, Ballysadare and Julian Flohr (35) of Rusheen Ard, Caltra, both in Co Sligo, are charged with membership of an unlawful organisation, styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA, on August 14th.

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