A Cork financial adviser who was found guilty today of laundering cash from the £26.5m (€28.5m) Northern Bank robbery was remanded in custody pending sentencing on April 24.

A financial adviser was found guilty today of laundering cash from the £26.5m (€28.5m) Northern Bank robbery.

The jury in the trial of a financial adviser accused of laundering money from the notorious Northern Bank robbery will enter its second day of deliberations today.

The jurors in the trial of a financial adviser accused of laundering money from the £26.5m (€28.2m) Northern Bank robbery were tonight told to use their common sense when deciding the case.

The jury in the trial of a financial adviser accused of laundering money from the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery will retire to consider its verdict today.

TED CUNNINGHAM’S counsel asked yesterday if the prosecution was suggesting that Phil Flynn was a notorious scumbag and that by association, Cunningham was a money-launderer.

The defence lawyer of a Cork man being tried on money-laundering charges today asked if the prosecution was suggesting that businessman Phil Flynn was a "notorious scumbag", and that by association the defendant was a money-launderer.

THE Corkman accused of money-laundering claimed from the witness box yesterday a group of Bulgarian business people were keen to invest money with him, because they could not trust their country’s banks.

THE prosecution closed its case yesterday on the 33rd day of the trial of a Cork man accused of money-laundering — as a garda sergeant was cross-examined on whether he heard the accused say he hadn’t slept for two nights while in custody four years ago.

Former ICC Bank executive Denis O’Connell gave evidence today of travelling to Bulgaria in 2004 with the man who was later accused of laundering more than £3m from the Northern Bank robbery.

The Cork man accused of money-laundering gave an Offaly jeweller supermarket-bags full of sterling totalling £250,000 (€281,000) to put in his safe, but there was no room so he put all the money under his parents’ bed, it was claimed today.

The man accused of money-laundering told investigators that he considered burning the millions of pounds of sterling that he had in the basement of his home in Cork, it emerged today.

A FINGERPRINT of Timothy Cunningham Junior was found on black tape stuck to a plastic bag full of sterling which was discovered during a search of the basement of his father’s house, the seventh day of the money-laundering trial has heard.

THE former chairman of Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Phil Flynn, was — it has been alleged — a director and shareholder of the money-lending business operated by one of the accused in the Ted Cunningham money laundering trial.

A FATHER and son admitted under interrogation that they knew that millions of Northern Ireland sterling notes in their possession came from the 2004 Northern Bank robbery, the prosecution has claimed.

A father and son admitted under interrogation that they knew that millions of sterling notes in their possession came from the 2004 Northern Bank robbery, the prosecution claimed today as the men went on trial where they denied all the money laundering charges against them.

A JURY was sworn in for the trial of a Cork financial adviser and his son who are accused of laundering more than £3 million arising out of the investigation into the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.

A JURY was sworn in for the trial of a Cork financial adviser and his son who are accused of laundering more than £3 million arising out of the investigation into the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.

A jury was sworn in today for the trial of a Cork financial advisor and his son who are accused of laundering more than £3m (€3.33m) – arising out of the investigation of the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.

A financial adviser was freed on bail tonight after being charged over an alleged IRA money laundering ring set up after the notorious £26.5m (€34bn) Northern Bank robbery.

FORMER Government troubleshooter and trade union figurehead Phil Flynn is facing firearms charges after Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) officers discovered a small gun in his Dublin office.

Former senior Irish Government aide Phil Flynn is to face firearms charges, he confirmed tonight.

A BULGARIAN government investigation has concluded the country has no links with an IRA money laundering operation.

SPECIALIST garda officers are to fly out to Bulgaria to examine bank accounts held by an Irish businessman arrested last week as part of the investigation into suspected IRA money laundering.

GOVERNMENT troubleshooter Phil Flynn and the moneylender who was arrested last week in possession of £2.3 million in suspected IRA cash, met with a senior official from the Bulgarian Department of Finance during a recent business trip to Sofia.

BANK of Scotland has moved swiftly to fill the gap of chairman of their Irish business following the sudden departure of Phil Flynn.

GARDAÍ yesterday said it could take months before files are sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to people arrested as part of the money-laundering investigation.

Money found last night at a police sports club in Belfast contained Northern Bank notes, police sources have confirmed.

The man famed for finding ways out of the toughest disputes chose to resign his high-profile positions, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

THE financier at the centre of the massive money-laundering investigation set up six new companies in the past year but does not appear to have carried out business in any of them.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s most trusted troubleshooter Phil Flynn last night sensationally resigned from all his public positions.

A Government adviser tonight resigned from a number of key positions after he was embroiled in a multi-million Euro money-laundering investigation.

A trusted associate of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is involved with a company at the centre of a major IRA money laundering probe, it emerged today.