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.

A man and a woman have been arrested during a wave of raids that uncovered several firearms and a large stash of drugs, it emerged tonight.

The presence of military instruction manuals found in the bedroom of a man accused of IRA membership should be viewed as “very very normal” and nothing more than a young man’s passing interest, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Military manuals including weaponry and explosive information were found in the flat of a Carlow man accused of IRA membership, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Real IRA tested an explosive device at Mount Leinster in Co Carlow for use in extorting money from drug dealers, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

THE Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate exams got underway with no major hitches reported on yesterday’s English papers.

IRELAND might not be playing in this month’s Euro 2004 tournament but soccer hero Roy Keane took his place in the limelight in yesterday’s Leaving Certificate.