Counterfeit currency trial collapses

The trial of four men accused of having equipment for printing counterfeit currency, has collapsed at the Special Criminal Court over Gardaí withholding information about fingerprints from defence lawyers.

57-year-old Anthony Sloan from Ard na Mara, Dundalk, 43 year-old Andrew Poole with an address in Portlaoise, 41 year-old Liam Delaney, and 43 year-old Kevin Flanagan who are both from Borris-in-Ossory, have walked free from court.