A Co Cork chef arrested as part of the Garda investigation into money laundering made bail today in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Mr Don Bullman (30), a father of two, of Fernwood Crescent, Leghanamore, Wilton, Co Cork was charged last Friday with membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on February 16th.
On Monday, the court remanded Mr Bullman in custody with consent to bail. He was told to come up with his own bond of €500, an independent surety of €30,000. He wass ordered to report daily to Togher Garda station, to surrender his passport and not to travel outside Co Cork.
The court also ordered him not to associate with anyone convicted of subversive crime or to associate with four named individuals — Mr Conor Mc Laughlin, Mr Christopher Mc Elhinney, Mr Tom Hanlon and Mr George Hegarty.
Today prosecuting solicitor Mr Denis Butler said that gardai had no objections to the proposed independent bailsperson, Mr Denis Dunlea.
Mr Dunlea told the court that he is an uncle of the accused and he said that he lived at Liam Lynch Park, Glasheen Road, Cork. He said he understood the bail conditions set by the court and he undertook to ensure that Mr Bullman did not breach the conditions.
He also undertook to ensure that Mr Bullman did not associate with the people named in the bail conditions.
On Monday Det Supt Diarmuid O'Sullivan of the Special Detective Unit, objected to bail for Mr Bullman and said that he believed Mr Bullman would interfere with evidence if granted bail.
He said that gardai had found a bag containing a Daz box and the box contained over €94,000 wrapped in three individual wrappings of €30,000 each when Mr bullman was arrested last week at Heuston Station in Dublin in a northern-registered jeep.