An appeal by two Sinn Féin members against their convictions for IRA membership has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Niall Binéad, of Crumlin, and Kenneth Donohoe, of Tallaght, were sentenced to four years each in prison by the Special Criminal Court in November 2004 over an incident in Bray where Garda uniforms and other items were found in the back of a van
Binéad was a former branch secretary with Sinn Féin and also a key election worker for Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh.
The men were arrested after gardaí arrested five other men following suspicious activity around three vehicles in Corke Abbey, Bray, Co Wicklow, on October 10th, 2002.
Inside a transit van, gardaí found four men as well as a sledgehammer, two pick axe handles, eight bags of ties, radios, a black balaclava, rubber gloves and a yellow fluorescent jacket with the word "Garda" on it.