There is no prospect of Sinn Féin being involved in the business end of politics after the exposure of a huge money-laundering racket being linked to the IRA, it was claimed 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.

An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today revealed the former vice president of Sinn Féin Phil Flynn had not been forced to resign his three high-profile board positions in the public and private sector.

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

The number of people killed on Ireland’s roads so far this year is 26% higher than in the same period last year, according to the National Safety Council.