THE trial of two men accused of taking part in a €2.28 million tiger kidnapping robbery has heard evidence of dozens of phonecalls allegedly made by the raiders during the incident.

A man accused of taking part in a €2.28m tiger raid five years ago paid €10,000 in cash for a car a month after the robbery, a court has heard.

The trial of five men accused of robbing €2.28m in a "tiger kidnapping" three years ago will begin tomorrow after a jury was sworn in at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.