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Northern Bank raid laundering trial resumes
The trial of a 60-year-old Co Cork financial adviser and his son on charges that they laundered money taken in the Northern Bank robbery is set to resume today following an unexpected adjournment of matters yesterday.
Judge Con Murphy told the jury trying the case of Ted Cunningham and his son Timothy Cunningham (33) at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that “certain events have arisen” which meant the trial could not proceed yesterday, but asked them to attend again today.
Ted Cunningham, of Woodbine Lodge, Farran, Co Cork denies 20 charges of money laundering, while Timothy Cunningham, of Church View, Farran, denies four charges of money laundering, all between December 20th, 2004 and February 16th, 2005.
Leech quits as chamber chief
Communications consultant Monica Leech, a former media consultant to Minister for Arts Martin Cullen, is stepping down as chief executive of Waterford Chamber of Commerce.
The announcement that she will not be renewing her contract was made at a meeting of the board on Monday night. Ms Leech cited her intention to return to consultancy work as the reason for her decision.
Her contract was due to expire on May 31st and it is understood a taskforce will immediately initiate a recruitment process with the objective of having a new chief executive in place by May.
At the meeting on Monday night, president of the chamber of commerce Colin McGookin said Ms Leech’s “drive and vision have brought about tremendous progress . . . she has taken the chamber to a whole new level of competitiveness and professionalism”.