A man has been jailed after he was caught with €1.7m, part of the proceeds of a bank heist following the tiger kidnapping of a bank employee.

Gardaí in Naas are looking for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of an 18-year-old.

A QUARTER of a century after he first warned the Catholic Church authorities that Fr Thomas Naughton was sexually abusing local children, former garda John Brennan could allow himself a sense of vindication as the paedophile priest was sent to prison for a second time yesterday.

A family with a young child were held hostage in an overnight "tiger" kidnapping as an armed gang forced a Bank of Ireland worker into its College Green offices to hand over cash.