A father-of-one has been charged with money laundering in connection with last week's €300,000 tiger kidnapping in Dublin.

The father of a man on trial for murdering another man whose body was discovered in the boot of his own car, has told the Central Criminal Court that his son rang him asking for a lift on the night of the killing.

A 27-year-old man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of murdering another man whose blood-covered body was found in the boot of a car in a north Dublin laneway last year.

The High Court has adjourned to early May the United States's application to extradite the former Workers Party President Sean Garland over his alleged involvement in a large scale operation to make high-quality counterfeit US dollars.

The United States is seeking the extradition of former Workers Party president Sean Garland due to his alleged involvement in a large-scale operation to make high-quality counterfeit US dollars, the High Court heard today.