2009 Bank of Ireland robbery
The Bank of Ireland building on College Green | |
| Date | 27 February 2009 |
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| Venue | College Green cash centre of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland |
| Location | Largest bank robbery in Ireland's history |
| Arrests | 7 people in total were arrested who are believed to be part of the Dublin Gang |
| Suspects | In 2010, Shane Travers, the man who claimed he was held hostage, was also arrested |
The 2009 Bank of Ireland robbery was a large robbery of cash from the College Green cash centre of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, on 27 February 2009. It was the largest bank robbery in Ireland's history. Criminals engaged in the tiger kidnapping of a junior bank employee, 24-year-old Shane Travers, and forced him 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 was under way for the perpetrators, with seven people being arrested and €1.8 million of the stolen cash located, scattered across Dublin, on 28 February.