2009 Bank of Ireland robbery

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   The Bank of Ireland robbery was a large robbery of cash from the central College Green branch of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, on 27 February 2009. The largest bank robbery in the Republic of Ireland's history, it featured a tiger kidnapping: a junior bank employee, 24-year-old Shane Travers, was forced to remove €7.6 million in cash from the bank as his girlfriend and two others were held hostage.
   
   Ireland's Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, criticised the bank for its failure to follow what he termed "established protocols" during the robbery, as the Irish police force, the Garda Síochána, was not informed of the incident until the money had been removed from the bank. A manhunt is under way for the perpetrators, with seven people being arrested and €4 million of the stolen cash located, scattered across Dublin, on 28 February.

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