Five of 10 men released without charge in League of Ireland match-fixing probe

A day of action was carried out by the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Unit on Wednesday in the Southern Region and Dublin Metropolitan Regions. File picture

Five of the 10 men who were arrested this Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into alleged League of Ireland match-fixing have been released without charge.

Among the arrested individuals were a number of well-known current and former soccer players in Limerick which garda sources say threatened the "integrity of the sport".