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A Cork man who was arrested during the garda investigation into a money laundering operation involving the proceeds of the 2004 Northern Bank robbery in Belfast was jailed for three years and three months for IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Co Cork chef's appeal against his conviction for membership of the IRA.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by a Co Cork chef, arrested as part of the Garda investigation into IRA money-laundering following the 2004 Northern Bank robbery, against his conviction for IRA membership.

THE brother of a man convicted of IRA membership died of a cocaine overdose, an inquest heard yesterday.

A CORK city chef arrested with over €94,000 in cash hidden in a washing powder box continued to deny any involvement with the IRA yesterday as he was sentenced to four years in prison on conviction for membership of the organisation.

A Cork chef arrested during a Garda investigation into IRA money laundering following the 2004 Northern Bank robbery has been jailed for four years for IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Co Cork chef accused of IRA membership took to the stand today and denied all knowledge of a Daz box containing €94,000 found in his backpack.

A County Cork chef accused of IRA membership didn’t want to wear a badge saying: “Jerry McCabe: Catering Officer, Garda Club,” to a catering conference, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Special Criminal Court today rejected an application by the defence to exclude text messages from the evidence against a Co Cork chef accused of IRA membership.

The trial of a Cork chef accused of IRA membership continued today in the Special Criminal Court.

A Garda in the trial of a County Cork chef accused of IRA membership told the Special Criminal Court he knew another man claimed ownership of the Daz box in which €94,000 was found.

The Special Criminal Court today rejected claims made by the defence that the arrest of a Co Cork chef accused of IRA membership was unlawful.

A garda told the Special Criminal Court today that he waited nearly 10 minutes to arrest a Cork chef accused of IRA membership because he wanted to make sure he had stopped the right men.

CCTV footage of the arrest outside Heuston Station in Dublin by Special Branch detectives of a Cork chef accused of IRA membership was today played to the Special Criminal Court.

The Special Criminal Court was today shown CCTV footage of the arrest of a Co Cork chef accused of IRA membership.

One of Ireland’s highest-ranking police officers is to testify that a chef arrested in a money-laundering investigation after the Northern Bank raid was an IRA member at the time.

A Co Cork chef charged with IRA membership was found in possession of a Daz washing powder box containing over €94,000 by gardaí investigating the funding of illegal organisations, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Special Criminal Court has fixed a date next month for the trial of a Cork chef arrested last year as part of a garda investigation into IRA money laundering.

The Special Criminal Court today fixed a date in December for the trial of a Co Cork chef arrested last year as part of a garda investigation into IRA money-laundering.

The trial of a Co Cork chef arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money-laundering was further adjourned until next month at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The trial of a Co Cork chef arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money-laundering was adjourned at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

CRIME capers don’t come much more sensational than the saga of the Northern Bank robbery.

The trial of a Cork chef, arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money laundering and charged with membership of an illegal organisation, was set for March next year, at the Special Criminal Court today.

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A Co Cork chef arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money laundering had his bail conditions varied by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to allow him to visit his parents.

THEY’RE small, wriggle a lot and come in different colours.

A Co Cork chef arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money-laundering walked free on bail from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A chef charged with IRA membership as part of an investigation into a money-laundering racket once used the name of an Irish detective shot dead by paramilitaries, a court heard today.

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.

Forensic officers are carrying out tests on money found in Dublin and Belfast today to see if it is linked to the Northern Bank robbery last month.

MILLIONS more in laundered IRA cash will be uncovered in an investigation that could last at least six months, garda sources said last night.

DON BULLMAN, the Cork chef charged yesterday with membership of the IRA, worked in the same pub where Sinn Féin activist Tom Hanlon worked as a part-time bouncer.

Thousands of pounds were found hidden in a washing powder box by police investigating IRA money laundering, a court heard today.

Two Limerick men were jailed by the Special Criminal Court today for offences connected with the discovery of a Kalashnikov assault rifle, ammunition and Semtex at a house in the city last year.

A former Irish soldier was convicted of having ammunition and a smoke hand grenade at a house in Limerick last year by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A former Irish soldier accused of having ammunition and Semtex at a house in Limerick last year told the Special Criminal Court today that he was bringing duty free tobacco to a friend when gardai raided the house.

A fingerprint expert told the Special Criminal Court today that a fingermark on a paper bag found in a house in Limerick where gardaí discovered ammunition and explosives matched the fingerprint of the accused man.

Bomb-making material with sufficient force to cause a large bomb to explode was found by gardaí when they raided a house in Limerick city last November, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A Limerick detective told the Special Criminal Court today that it was an "extremely" dangerous task to raid a house in the city where gardaí suspected there were firearms, ammunition and explosives.

Gardai discovered Semtex explosives and assorted ammunition when they raided a house in Limerick city last November, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

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The alleged leader of the Real IRA in Munster was caught "red handed" in a bomb factory, a senior garda officer told the Special Criminal Court today.