Money laundering trial hears accused knew 'the leader of the IRA'

The 60-year-old man accused of money-laundering told gardaí he was never in the IRA but he told detectives he knew “the leader of the IRA” and once sent him a Christmas card.

Ted Cunningham of Woodbine Lodge, Farran, Co Cork, faces 20 charges of money laundering and he denies all counts. The charges arise out of the investigation of the robbery of £26.5m sterling from the Northern Bank in Belfast on December 20, 2004.