Eight due in court in dissident inquiry

Eight of the nine men arrested in Limerick yesterday in connection with membership of a dissident Republican group are to appear…

Eight of the nine men arrested in Limerick yesterday in connection with membership of a dissident Republican group are to appear at the Special Criminal Court tomorrow.

The detainees are from counties Clare, Tipperary, Kildare and Limerick and were arrested during a meeting at a house in the city.

Security sources said the men were arrested on suspicion of membership of the "Continuity IRA".

The other man and a woman arrested in Limerick City as part of the same investigation were released this afternoon.

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