A man convicted of IRA membership was jailed for four years today at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Mark Doran, of Poacher's Lock, Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow, was convicted of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on October 26th, 2006.
Presiding at the three-judge court, Mr Justice John Mc Menamin said that it was "no exaggeration to say that Mr Doran's involvement with paramilitary activities has wrecked his life".
Doran, who had pleaded not guilty, was bar manager of a hotel in Carlow at the time of the offence.
The court was told that, during a search of Doran's flat, gardaí had found military manuals, books and DVDs.
Mr Justice Mc Menamin said that such material was "consistent only with significant paramilitary involvement".