Gardaí suspected accused was in IRA, court told

A DETECTIVE searching the home of a man accused of money laundering believed the accused was part of an IRA gang that included another man caught at a railway station with a large amount of euro cash in a Daz washing powder box.

Inspector Declan O’Sullivan said he obtained a warrant from Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Quilter to search the home of Ted Cunningham on February 16, 2005, and he believed that Cunningham was a member of the IRA.

“I was looking for evidence in relation to membership of an unlawful organisation,” said Insp O’Sullivan.