THE IRA was almost certainly behind the highly organised robbery of £26.5 million from Northern Bank and Ted Cunningham was used by the IRA to launder at least £3m of it, it was claimed yesterday as the 60-year-old was jailed for 10 years.

A Roscommon teenager told gardaí that he hit his father who arrived home drunk and left him asleep outside before finding him dead the next morning, a jury has heard.

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 THIRD man has been charged in connection with the £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery.