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| Hostage robbers in huge bank haul | Hostage robbers in huge bank haul |
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| An armed gang which held hostage a bank official's family overnight at their County Kildare home is thought to have got away with up to 7m euros (£6.2m). | |
| The official was forced to withdraw the cash from the Bank of Ireland at College Green in Dublin city centre. | The official was forced to withdraw the cash from the Bank of Ireland at College Green in Dublin city centre. |
| The gang had forced their way into their home in Kilteel and took his partner, her mother and a seven-year-old child hostage. | The gang had forced their way into their home in Kilteel and took his partner, her mother and a seven-year-old child hostage. |
| His partner was beaten before the family was driven away in their car. | His partner was beaten before the family was driven away in their car. |
| After taking out the money, the bank employee handed it over to the gang at Clontarf DART station in north Dublin. | After taking out the money, the bank employee handed it over to the gang at Clontarf DART station in north Dublin. |
| His family was released in the Ashbourne area of County Meath at about 0700 GMT. Police said they were not injured, but were traumatised by their ordeal. | |
| In 2004, a gang forced two employees of Northern Bank to help it steal £26m from the bank's central Belfast vault. |