Gun-smuggle accused bailed

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29 June 2006
The Irish News

A Co Armagh woman accused of involvement in a Real IRA gun-smuggling plot was granted High Court bail yesterday. The Crown alleges that Alison Kearns (37), from Tannaghmore Green in Lurgan, discussed weapons smuggling with an undercover agent during an operation mounted by British security staff in the summer of 2004 to target Real IRA members connected to weapons and cigarette smuggling. Appearing at the same bail hearing yesterday was co-accused Dermot Gregory (37), of Concession Road, Crossmaglen. Mr Justice McLaughlin halted the hearing on the grounds that the evidence was extremely complex but released Mrs Kearns on her own bail of £5,000.
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Smuggling accused is given bail

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29 June 2006
Belfast News Letter

A Co Armagh woman accused of being involved in a Real IRA gun smuggling plot was granted High Court bail yesterday.

Alison Kearns, a mother-of-two from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan, appeared in court last week on a charge of inviting an unnamed person to provide weapons with the intent they be used for terrorism.

Crown lawyer Charles McKay told the court that in 2004, security staff from the UK mounted an operation using 'agents' to target members of the Real IRA connected to weapons and cigarette smuggling.
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Intelligence sting catches alleged Real IRA's number two in arms deal

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26 Jun 2006
The Herald

The alleged second-in-command of the breakaway terrorist group the Real IRA has been remanded in custody after a joint MI5, French intelligence service and Irish police operation to foil the smuggling of a consignment of weapons and explosives. Paul McCaugherty, 39, from Lurgan, Armagh, is also accused of conspiracy to possess firearms, conspiracy to murder members of the security forces in Northern Ireland and supplying cash to buy arms and ammunition. Mr McCaugherty is the fourth alleged member of the group to be charged in the last week in a major security crackdown in the border counties of Armagh and Fermanagh.
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Lurgan man in court on Real IRA charges

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26 Jun 2006
Irish Times

A Co Armagh man appeared before magistrates in Lurgan on Saturday on charges that he plotted to kill members of the security forces and tried to procure weapons. Paul McCaugherty (39), Beech Court, Lurgan, appeared at a special sitting of Craigavon Magistrates Court.

The court was told by a detective chief inspector that Mr McCaugherty made no reply when the six charges were put to him. He was accused of being second in command of the Real IRA between December 1st, 2005, and June 19th, 2006. He was also charged with conspiring to murder members of the security forces in Northern Ireland between May 24th, 2005, and June 19th, 2006.
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Man on Real IRA charge

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26 Jun 2006
The Belfast News Letter

A 39-YEAR-OLD man appeared before magistrates on Saturday on charges that he plotted to kill members of the security forces and tried to procure weapons.

Paul McCaugherty, 39, from Beech Court in Lurgan, Co Armagh appeared at a special sitting of Craigavon Magistrates Court. The court was told by a detective chief inspector that McCaugherty made no reply when the six charges were put to him.
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Senior Real IRA suspect in court

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25 Jun 2006
The Observer
Henry McDonald

The alleged second-in-command of the Real IRA remains in custody today facing charges that he plotted to kill members of the security forces and to obtain weapons. Paul McCaugherty, 39, from Beech Court in Lurgan, appeared at a special sitting of Craigavon magistrates' court in Co Armagh yesterday. He was accused of being the deputy head of the Real IRA between 1 December 2005 and 19 June 2006.
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Man in dock on Real IRA charges. Court date for terror suspect

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25 Jun 2006
Sunday Mirror
Paul Carson

A man believed by police to be second in command of the Real IRA appeared in court yesterday charged with terrorist offences. Paul McCaugherty, 39, appeared before magistrates on charges that he plotted to kill members of the security forces and tried to procure weapons. McCaugherty, from Beech Court in Lurgan, Co Armagh, appeared at a special sitting of Craigavon Magistrates Court. The court was told by a Detective Chief Inspector that McCaugherty made no reply when the six charges were put to him.
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MI5 foil Sam missile plot

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25 Jun 2006
Martin Breen
News of the World

Real IRA planned huge terror spree

The Real IRA went shopping for surface-to-air missiles to shoot down British army helicopters. The renegade republican faction also tried to buy anti-tank weapons from MI5 agents they thought were international arms dealers. Even though Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt is serving a 20- year jail term in Portlaoise Prison for directing terrorism, security sources say he was aware of the plot which was busted last week. The Real IRA's deadly plan was thwarted in a massive undercover operation involving the PSNI and MI5.
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Real IRA bomb plot unmasked

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25 June 2006
The Sunday Times
Liam Clarke

A joint MI5 and Irish police sting operation appears to have thwarted plans by the Real IRA to launch a gun and bomb campaign in Ireland and Britain aimed at derailing the peace process.

MI5 officers posed as French arms dealers to uncover what appears to have been the dissidents' plans, obtain their shopping list of weapons and drain them of funds.
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Alleged Top N Ireland Dissident Faces Weapons Charges

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24 June 2006
Dow Jones International News

A man identified by police as the deputy commander of an Irish Republican Army dissident group was arraigned Saturday on charges of trying to smuggle weapons, including surface-to-air missiles and plastic explosives, into Northern Ireland.

Paul McCaugherty, 39, was flanked by two police officers as he appeared in Craigavon Magistrates Court, where he was ordered held without bail until his next court appearance on July 20.
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'Real IRA second in command' in court

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24 June 2006
Press Association
Dan McGinn

A 39-year-old man appeared before magistrates today in Northern Ireland on charges that he plotted to kill members of the security forces and tried to procure weapons.

Paul McCaugherty, 39, from Beech Court in Lurgan, County Armagh appeared at a special sitting of Craigavon Magistrates Court.
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Man in court on 'Real IRA' charge

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24 June, 2006
BBC News

A County Armagh man has appeared in court accused of being second-in-command of the Real IRA. Paul McCaugherty, 39, from Beech Court, Lurgan, was arrested in connection with what police believe was an international gun-smuggling operation. He is also charged with conspiring to murder members of the security forces in Northern Ireland between 24 May 2005 and 19 June 2006.
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3 in court on 'plot' to buy guns

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24 June 2006
Mirror
Jenna Sloan

A husband and wife were among three people charged yesterday over an alleged arms plot. Desmond Kearns, 41, was charged with conspiring to possess AK47s, sniper rifles, pistols, silencers, and heavy machine guns with intent.

Also on the charge list were anti-tank weapons, plastic explosive, detonators, mines, rocket-propelled grenades, and ammunition. His wife Alison Kearns, 37, also of Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan, Co Armagh, faced lesser charges at Belfast Magistrates Court.

Michael Gregory, 37, of Concession Road, Cross-maglen, Co Armagh, was charged with arranging assets in Portugal for a person who knew or suspected a terrorist purpose.

They were remanded in custody to July 28.
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Man due in court on terrorist charges

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24 June 2006
Press Association
Sarah Stack

A man charged with terrorist offences is due to appear in court in Northern Ireland today.  The accused was among 10 people arrested following police searches across Northern Ireland and France on Monday. More than 200 officers were involved in the major operation.  He is to appear before Craigavon Magistrates Court.  A husband and wife were among three others who appeared in court yesterday accused of an alleged international weapons plot by dissident republican terrorists. 

It was claimed the conspiracy involved machine guns, explosives, and anti-tank weapons.  Desmond Kearns, 41, of Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan, County Armagh, his wife Alison Kearns, 37, of the same address, and co-defendant, 37-year-old Michael Dermot Gregory of Concession Road, Crossmaglen, South Armagh, were all remanded in custody to appear again by video link on July 28.
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Married couple accused of gun-smuggling plot

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24 June 2006
The Irish News

A married couple and a second man appeared in court yesterday after police claimed they had smashed an international gun smuggling plot linked to dissident republicans. In the dock at Belfast Magistrates Court were Desmond Kearns (42), his wife Alison, a 37-year-old mother-of-two from Tannaghmore Green in Lurgan, and Michael Dermot Gregory (37), from Concession Road, Crossmaglen, all Co Armagh.
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Alleged deputy head of Real IRA held in Northern Ireland

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24 June 2006
Agence France Presse

The man believed to be second in command of the breakaway Real IRA was charged Saturday in Northern Ireland with attempted murder and arms smuggling.  Paul McCaugherty, 39, from Lurgan, appeared before a court in Craigavon on charges of being between December 1, 2005 and June 19, 2006 -- the date of his arrest -- the deputy leader of the Real IRA, which broke away from the main Irish Republic Army (IRA) because it opposes the peace process.  He is also accused of trying to murder members of the security forces between May 2005 and June 2006. 
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Alleged top IRA dissident in Northern Ireland charged with arms-smuggling plot

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24 June 2006
Associated Press
Shawn Pogatchnik

A man identified by police as the deputy commander of an Irish Republican Army dissident group was arraigned Saturday on charges of trying to smuggle weapons, including surface-to-air missiles and plastic explosives, into Northern Ireland. 

Paul McCaugherty, 39, was flanked by two police officers as he appeared in Craigavon Magistrates Court, where he was ordered held without bail until his next court appearance on July 20. He was the fourth person to be charged following Monday's police raids and arrests targeting an alleged arms-smuggling plot by the Real IRA. The dissident group opposes the Northern Ireland peace process and the 1997 cease-fire being observed by most IRA members.  McCaugherty offered no plea and didn't speak during the hearing, but offered a thumbs-up sign to relatives and friends in the courtroom's public gallery.
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3 Suspected IRA Dissidents Face Charges

0 comments 6/23/2006 Posted by Winnower

23 June 2006
Associated Press Newswires

Three suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents, including a husband and wife, were arraigned Friday on charges of trying to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland.

Desmond Kearns, 41, his wife Alison Kearns, 37, and Michael Gregory, 37, were ordered held without bail until their next court appearance July 28.
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3 Charged With Trying To Smuggle Arms Into N Ireland

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23 June 2006
Dow Jones International News

Three suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents, including a husband and wife, were arraigned Friday on charges of trying to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland.

Desmond Kearns, 41, his wife Alison Kearns, 37, and Michael Gregory, 37, were ordered held without bail until their next court appearance July 28.
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Husband and wife in court on weapon plot charges

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23 June 2006
Press Association
Alan Erwin

A husband and wife were among three people who appeared in court today accused of an alleged international weapons plot by dissident republican terrorists. The conspiracy involved machine guns, explosives, and anti-tank weapons, it was claimed. Belfast Magistrates Court was also told the alleged plot stretched to Portugal.
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Trio in Belfast court accused of international weapons plot

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23 June 2006
Agence France Presse

Three people close to a dissident republican paramilitary group in Northern Ireland were accused in court Friday of participating in an international weapons plot. Belfast Magistrates Court heard that the alleged conspiracy involved machine guns, explosives and anti-tank weapons, and stretched as far as Portugal and France. The three -- all remanded in custody -- were believed to be close to the Real IRA, a dissident group opposed to the peace process between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. They were among 10 people arrested Monday in a major police operation involving 200 officers.
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3 suspected IRA dissidents charged with trying to smuggle arsenal into N. Ireland

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23 June 2006
Associated Press Newswires

Three suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents, including a husband and wife, were arraigned Friday on charges of trying to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland. Desmond Kearns, 41, his wife Alison Kearns, 37, and Michael Gregory, 37, were ordered held without bail until their next court appearance July 28.
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Three charged following searches

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23 June, 2006
BBC News

Three people have been remanded in custody following searches earlier this week by police in Armagh and Fermanagh. Police said at the time they believed they had stopped an international gun smuggling operation. Desmond Kearns, 41, and his wife Alison Patricia Kearns, 37, from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan, were charged in a Belfast court with procuring weapons. Michael Dermot Gregory, 37, of Concession Road, Crossmaglen, was charged with making assets available.
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Three charged in Belfast over weapons plot

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23 June 2006
Reuters News Belfast

Three people including a husband and wife appeared in a Belfast court on Friday charged with a string of terrorist offences following a police operation earlier this week against dissident Irish republicans. The three were among 10 people detained on Monday after some 200 police officers backed by the British Army carried out raids in Counties Armagh and Fermanagh, disrupting what police described as "a potential major terrorist conspiracy".
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Dissidents arrested

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23 June 2006
Associated Press - Belfast

Three suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents, including a husband and wife, were arraigned Friday on charges of trying to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland. Desmond Kearns, 41, his wife Alison Kearns, 37, and Michael Gregory, 37, were ordered held without bail until their next court appearance July 28. Detective

Chief Inspector Neil Graham, a police officer who interrogated them following their arrest Monday, testified that all three were suspected of trying to smuggle a vast array of weaponry via Portugal and France into Northern Ireland.
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