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Robbers snatch record €7m from Dublin bank
Gangsters hold Bank of Ireland worker's family hostage and force him to make withdrawal
The Bank of Ireland offices on College Green in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Irish gangsters have staged the biggest cash robbery in the history of the Republic, stealing up to €7 million from the Bank of Ireland in Dublin's College Green early today.
The Garda Siochana said an armed gang took the family of a Bank of Ireland worker hostage at their County Kildare home on Thursday night.
The gang forced their way into the home at Kilteel and seized the worker's partner, her mother and a seven-year-old child. The man's partner was beaten before the family were taken away in their car.
The worker, who is in his 20s, was forced to drive his car to the Bank of Ireland in College Green, across from Trinity College, and get the cash.
He handed it over to the gang at the Clontarf Dart suburban rail station in north Dublin. His family was then released in the Ashbourne area north of Dublin city.
No shots were fired but the family is said to be extremely traumatised.
Authorities were puzzled that such a young employee had access to such large funds. "The money's fookin' everywhere" was his only comment ;)
Gangsters hold Bank of Ireland worker's family hostage and force him to make withdrawal
The Bank of Ireland offices on College Green in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAIrish gangsters have staged the biggest cash robbery in the history of the Republic, stealing up to €7 million from the Bank of Ireland in Dublin's College Green early today.
The Garda Siochana said an armed gang took the family of a Bank of Ireland worker hostage at their County Kildare home on Thursday night.
The gang forced their way into the home at Kilteel and seized the worker's partner, her mother and a seven-year-old child. The man's partner was beaten before the family were taken away in their car.
The worker, who is in his 20s, was forced to drive his car to the Bank of Ireland in College Green, across from Trinity College, and get the cash.
He handed it over to the gang at the Clontarf Dart suburban rail station in north Dublin. His family was then released in the Ashbourne area north of Dublin city.
No shots were fired but the family is said to be extremely traumatised.
Authorities were puzzled that such a young employee had access to such large funds. "The money's fookin' everywhere" was his only comment ;)