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​A former Fine Gael councillor and hotelier has been charged with money laundering of more than €2.6m.

Frank Kilbride (69) appeared before Longford District Court last Tuesday following a long-running investigation by gardaí based in Cavan.

Mr Kilbride was released on bail after being charged with three separate money-laundering offences and is due to appear before the same court on ­December 5.

The defendant, of Aughakilmore, ­Ballinalee, Co Longford, is a well-known figure in the world of country music and has also appeared on national TV. He is a former presenter on a local ­radio station.

• https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/former-fine-gael-politician-charged-in-26m-money-laundering-case/a661067394.html
  

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Irish prosecutors dropped money laundering and tax charges against a woman who had been due to stand trial at the Special Criminal Court, just five days after her ex-IRA partner pleaded guilty to similar tax offences.
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Jennifer Dunne (38), of Richmond, Blackrock, Co Dublin, had been accused of six money laundering offences relating to three AIB accounts between January 1st, 2018, and December 31st, 2019, and a further three counts of failing to furnish tax returns between October 31st, 2018 and October 31st, 2020.

At the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday, Dominic McGinn SC, for the State, told the non-jury court that certain documents had now been received by the State and that all nine charges against Ms Dunne were no longer being pursued by the Director of Public Prosecutions, in what is known as a 'nolle prosequi' application.

• https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/partner-of-ex-ira-man-walks-free-as-state-drops-money-laundering-charges-1548903.html