MASKED robbers armed with sawn-off shotguns stole up to €140,000 from a G4 security van in Cork yesterday afternoon.

CALLING homes after the names of saints, places of pilgrimage and even honeymoon destinations is so 1960s — and, for the most part the names have stuck, up on house pillars and walls, proudly displayed in marble, brass or wood.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating the use of a JCB in an attempted ATM robbery in Carrigaline.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell last night warned he would revoke the licenses of security companies unless proper procedures were implemented immediately.

GARDAÍ last night described as a “complete joke” yesterday’s heist in which security guards transporting €2.7 million were robbed when they stopped off for coffee.

Gardai are hunting for raiders behind a botched robbery on an ATM in Clones in Co Monaghan.