John Fitzgerald refused bail over €1.2m money-laundering charge

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John Fitzgerald was refused bail on a charge of attempting to launder more than €1.2m at Kilkenny District Court on 27 August 2017. The cash was seized during a random Garda checkpoint search in Ballyvergal, Carlow, on 25 August. Fitzgerald was remanded to Cloverhill prison and was due to appear at the District Court there on 1 September 2017. He was considered a flight risk because of the seriousness of the charge.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.