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Tue 05 May 2004Former 'Real IRA' member jailed for 8 yearsThe former director of operations of the "Real IRA" was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday for membership of an illegal organisation.The court suspended the final 18 months of the sentence and ordered that it should date from May 1st, 2001, to take into account time Liam Campbell has already spent in prison.