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Republican suspects due in court Five face INLA membership charge
(about 5 hours later)
Five men are due to appear at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin over an alleged republican kidnapping plot. Five men - two of them from Strabane in County Tyrone - have appeared in court in Dublin charged with membership of an illegal organisation.
Seven men were arrested in Cork at the weekend in a Garda operation "against the activities of a dissident republican organisation". The five, alleged members of the INLA, were arrested in Cork and Limerick over the weekend.
Four men were arrested by detectives in the Lover's Walk and Montenotte area of Cork City at about 2000 GMT on Friday. Four men were arrested in Cork on Friday night as part of an operation against an alleged kidnap plan.
Three other men were arrested in follow-up searches. Two of the seven have been released. Three others were arrested in follow-up searches. Two of the seven were released without charge.
It is understood a number of weapons and other items were recovered during the operation. However, files on them are being sent to the director of public prosecutions.
The two Strabane men are 42-year-old Edward McGarrigle, from Melmount Gardens and John McCrossan, 46, from the Ballycolman estate.
Also appearing at the Special Criminal Court were Gareth Dunne, 22, of Clonard Road, Crumlin, and Gerard Kelleher, 26, of Cathedral View Walk, Kevin Street, also in the city.
A fifth man, Neil Myles, 53, gave no fixed address. All five were remanded in custody.
Lawyers told the court there would be applications for bail at the next hearing on Friday.