A judge has dismissed the case against a man accused of stealing money from a cash machine because he said the State had failed to prove the bank existed.

GARDAÍ were on the hunt for three groups of raiders yesterday following a number of robberies.

RAIDERS made off with a substantial amount of money yesterday morning when they used a JCB digger to rip out a bank machine at a Co Wexford petrol station.

GARDAÍ were yesterday trying to track down an armed gang who got away with an estimated €100,000 in a raid on a security van in south Dublin.

A 15-year-old boy, who took part in a spate of slick ATM scams where people had €200 stolen from under their noses, has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

A 15-year-old Romanian boy, who took part in a slick ATM scam and stole €200 from under the noses of people as they had been withdrawing money, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

An automated telling machine has been ripped from a filling station in Carlow town.