Policing Board chairman resigns

THE chairman of Northern Ireland’s Policing Board yesterday resigned from the board of a Dublin-owned property company to distance himself from the garda probe into alleged IRA money laundering.

Desmond Rea resigned as a non-executive director of Ivy Wood Properties, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harcourt Developments.

Former Sinn Féin vice president Phil Flynn resigned from the board of Harcourt and other leading positions after being questioned by gardaí about the alleged money laundering scam.