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Pair face Northern robbery charge £26m raid team charges republican
(about 3 hours later)
Two men are to appear before a Dublin court later, charged in connection with the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery in Belfast almost five years ago. A former Sinn Fein councillor has appeared in court after being arrested by Irish police investigating the £26.5m Northern Bank raid in Belfast.
The men, aged 62 and 40, were arrested in Cork on Monday. Tom Hanlon, 42, of Pembroke Road in Passage West appeared with George Hegarty, 62, from Pembroke Cottages in Douglas, before a court in Dublin.
They are due to appear before the Republic of Ireland's non-jury anti-terrorism Special Criminal Court. Both men, arrested in Cork on Monday, were charged with IRA membership.
Mr Hanlon was a Sinn Fein councillor until 2004, having stood in the Republic's general election in 2002.
A bail hearing for both men at the Special Criminal Court was adjourned until later.
The men were arrested as part of Irish police's Operation Phoenix, which is investigating the laundering of cash taken in the 2004 robbery in Belfast.The men were arrested as part of Irish police's Operation Phoenix, which is investigating the laundering of cash taken in the 2004 robbery in Belfast.
Last month, Cork financial adviser Ted Cunningham became the only person so far to have been found guilty of an offence connected to the robbery.Last month, Cork financial adviser Ted Cunningham became the only person so far to have been found guilty of an offence connected to the robbery.
Cunningham was jailed for 10 years for laundering more than £3m in cash.
His 34-year-old son, Timothy, was given a three-year sentence suspended for three years, after pleading guilty to one offence of money laundering during the 10-week trial in Cork.
It is not clear whether the two men facing charges on Tuesday are linked to Cunningham.
According to Irish state broadcaster RTÉ, both men are prominent republicans, one of whom has been active at a senior level in Sinn Féin in Munster.