As Ted Cunningham tells it, it all began almost 15 years ago. He got a phone call to say there was a red van in the car park of Farran Church across the road from his home. Cunningham was told to go the van and collect several bags from the back of it. The bags were heavy because they were filled with bundle upon bundle of sterling notes. Did you ask the driver his name? “I didn’t get talking to him. I just went to the van and said ‘I am Ted.’ He jumped out and gave me two holdalls.” …

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The case of Ted Cunningham: The Northern Bank Robbery, the Cork financier and the missing millions

Ted Cunningham is the only person who went to jail in relation to the Northern Bank heist. Fifteen years later, he maintains his innocence and wants to clear his name. So why did he plead guilty and how did £3m in cash end up in his house? This is his story.

19th Dec, 2019 - 61 min read

Tom Lyons

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