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.

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 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 adjourned at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

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.

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.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy will meet today to discuss the cross-border battle to smash a massive IRA money-laundering racket.

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.

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.

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