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==[[February 18]] [[2005]]==
* The [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Food Standards Agency]] orders the withdrawal of over 350 food products from sale following the discovery that a batch of [[chilli]] powder used to produce a batch of [[Worcestershire sauce]] subsequently used to produce processed foods was contaminated with the possibly-[[carcinogen]]etic dye Sudan-1. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4277677.stm (BBC)][http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/sudani/sudanlist (FSA list of withdrawn products)].
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* [[Northern Bank robbery]] investigation:
:* [[PSNI|Police]] in [[Northern Ireland]] recover a sum of money at a sports and social club in [[Belfast]]. It is thought to perhaps be a diversion, but it is being investigated. [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13300915,00.html (Sky News)]
:* A top Irish businessman and associate of the [[Taoiseach]], [[Phil Flynn]], has stepped down from a number of positions pending the outcome of a [[Garda]] investigation into [[Chesterton Finance]], of which he is a non-executive director. He stepped down as chairman of a government body overseeing decentralisation, as well as giving up a position on the board of [[Voluntary Health Insurance|VHI]] and as chairman of the [[Bank of Scotland (Ireland)]]. [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=134142824&p=y34y4353x&n=134143584 (Ireland Online)]
:* A man was arrested by Gardaí near [[Passage West]] in [[Cork]], after he was discovered attempting to burn [[Pound Sterling|sterling]] banknotes. [http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=110192460&p=yyxy93x4x&n=110193069 (Ireland Online)]
:*[[Sinn Féin]] leader [[Gerry Adams]] has again denied any involvement on the part of his party with money laundering in the country. The [[Irish Government]] [[Minister for Justice]] [[Michael McDowell]] has described the [[IRA]] as a colossal crime machine laundering huge sums of money. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0218/corkreax.html (RTÉ)]

==[[February 17]] [[2005]]==
* [[Garda Siochana|Irish police]] arrest four people in [[Cork]] and three in [[Dublin]] in raids concentrating on the financing of the [[Provisional IRA]]. Over 2.3 million [[Pound sterling|pounds sterling]] were seized in Cork, and £60,000 in [[Northern Bank]] notes believed to be from the £26.5 million robbery in [[Belfast]] just before Christmas. Among the people arrested are reported to be a [[Sinn Féin]] councillor and someone working in the banking industry. [http://www(contracted; show full)

==Past British and Irish events by month==

*[[2005 in the United Kingdom]]: [[January 2005 in Britain and Ireland|January]]
*[[2004 in the United Kingdom]]: [[December 2004 in Britain and Ireland|December]]

''(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see [[November 2004]] and preceding months)''