Four men arrested after Special Branch detectives swooped on dissident republicans at the Neptune Beach Hotel, Bettystown, Co Meath, were charged with membership of an illegal organisation at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday.
They are Mr Liam Campbell (32), of Upper Faughart, Dundalk, Co Louth; Mr Declan Carroll (24), of Edenmore Crescent, Raheny, Dublin; Mr Sean Mulligan (50), of Carnalughoge, Louth village, Co Louth; and Mr Robert Brennan (32), of Sillogue Road, Ballymun, Dublin.