Accused financier allowed a passport

A Cork financier charged with alleged offences linked to the 2004 Northern Bank robbery has been allowed hold a passport but must notify gardaí of his travel plans.

Timothy “Ted” Cunningham, aged 63, faces trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court accused of nine counts of laundering over £600,000 from the robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast in Dec 2004.

He appeared at the High Court sitting at Cloverhill yesterday. Remy Farrell SC, for Mr Cunningham, told Mr Justice Brian McGovern that an application was being made to change his client’s bail conditions, in relation to his passport.