A MASSIVE Garda investigation into the biggest bank robbery in recent years stepped up a gear yesterday with the arrest of a Bank of Ireland employee.

Three people, including a teenage boy, have been killed in separate road accidents in the space of 24 hours.

A 33-year-old man has died following a single-car collision near Naas in Co Kildare last night.

The family of a bank employee have been held hostage at their home Co Kildare during a so-called tiger kidnapping overnight.

Fears were mounting tonight for the safety of a Co Kildare teenager missing for four days.

Gardai in Dublin are investigating the abduction of a man in West Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Gardai are investigating the possibility that the man found dead on a roadside in County Kildare early this morning may have been the victim of a hit-and-run.

Gardai in Co Kildare are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in his 30s whose body was found lying by the roadside near Naas early this morning.

20 schoolchildren have been taken to hospital in Co Kildare following a collision between a schoolbus and a car.

A schoolbus carrying 20 children and a car have been involved in a serious accident in Co Kildare.