More than £2m seized by Irish police has been taken for forensic examination to see if it is linked to the £26m Northern Bank raid in December. Seven people were arrested in Cork and Dublin during a series of raids in which the money was seized, including £60,000 in Northern Bank notes. Seventeen bags of sterling bank notes were removed from a house near Cork under a heavy police guard. It is understood one of those held is a former Sinn Fein representative. Irish police said the raids had been targeting money laundering activities. They are expected to release more details on Friday.BINGO - can't wait to see McGuinness/Adams' faces now - sure they'll be unavailable for comment. The Irish govt seem awfully co-operative for once.. shame they can't turn over the weapons stockpiles as well.