Gardaí still hunting gang behind Dublin kidnap ordeal
Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to search for a four-man gang that held a bank official and his family hostage for more than 12 hours during a robbery yesterday morning.
The gang entered the family's home in Clontarf on Monday night and took the National Irish Bank employee, his mother and his two sisters to a field in nearby Donaghmede.
They were then held during the night before the employee was ordered to go to work the next morning and bring a bag of cash to Clontarf, where it was picked up by the raiders.
Reports this morning say National Irish Bank was aware that the robbery was taking place, but went along with the gang's demands due to the threat to the employee's family.
The bank reportedly allowed him to hand over between €200,000 and €300,000 to the raiders.
Gardaí only became aware of the situation when the man's mother and sisters managed to raise the alarm at around 11.30am, after the robbery had already taken place.
