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February 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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:* 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)]

:* Gardaí have released two men who were being questioned in Dublin, as well as a Sinn Féin member in [[Cork]]. A suspected [[Real IRA]] member arrested at [[Heuston Station]] has been remanded in custody, as have four people arrested in Farran in Cork. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0218/cork.html (RTÉ)]⏎
:*[[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]] [[Irish Minister for Justice|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]]==
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==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)''