Financier awaiting money laundering trial allowed 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) is awaiting trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court accused of nine counts of laundering more than £600,000 sterling from the robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast in December 2004.