Six suspected dissident republicans were today remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
The men, who were arrested in a raid on a house in Dundalk, Co Louth, earlier this month, were remanded after gardaí objected to bail, saying the men would commit serious offences if freed.
The men have been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself Óglaigh na hÉireann, the IRA.
It is alleged they were planning a paramilitary punishment beating in the house when it was raided by the gardaí.
The men, all from Dundalk, are Mr Dalton McKevitt (26) from St Aubins Avenue Road; Mr Niall Farrell (25) from Cedarwood Park; Mr Tony O'Hare (40) from Marian Park; Mr Vincent McKevitt (44) from Mountain Court; Mr Alan Browne (34) from Mountain Court; and Mr Eoin Quigley (29) from Oakland Park.
Det Supt Michael Hoare told of the weapons and equipment found in the house in Dundalk, including a sawn-off shotgun, pistol, hammers, balaclavas, two-way radios and radio scanners.
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