A DUBLIN man has been charged with membership of the IRA and possession of ammunition following a garda raid on an industrial estate in the north of the county.
Stephen Hendrick (45) was remanded in custody after he was arrested and brought before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court yesterday evening.
The accused, of Balbutcher Drive, Ballymun, is charged with membership of the IRA and being in possession of ammunition in suspicious circumstances at Furry Park, Old Airport Road, Cloghran on July 3.
The charges are under the Offences Against the State and Firearms Acts.
Detective Sergeant Vincent Markey, of the special detective unit, told the three-judge court he arrested the accused at 4pm yesterday at Ballymun Road.
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Hendrick, wearing a black T-shirt, did not address the court during the brief hearing at the Criminal Courts of Justice.
State Solicitor Michael Brady said he was applying for the accused to be remanded in custody.
Counsel for the defendant consented to a remand until Wednesday July 10. She requested copies of interview tapes and a transcript of the hearing.
Counsel also applied for legal aid. The court heard a statement of the accused's financial means was to be filed, and Judge Paul Butler said there would be "no problem if there was no objection" by the prosecution.
