The trial of two men accused of taking part in a €2.28m tiger raid six years ago has continued in legal argument.

Gardaí investigating a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" offered a place on the witness protection programme to one of the two men now accused of taking part in the robbery.

One of alleged raiders in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" fell asleep during the incident and had to be woken up by his accomplice, a trial has heard.

GARDAÍ investigating a €2.28 million tiger raid carried out 64 searches and arrested 24 people in a single day, a trial has heard.

THE trial of two men accused of taking part in a tiger raid has heard one of the accused may have been the victim of a robbery a year earlier.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in a tiger raid has heard one of the accused may have been the victim of a robbery a year earlier.

A CASH-IN-TRANSIT driver whose family were held hostage during a tiger kidnapping six years ago has told a trial that he could not drive his van during the incident because he was crying so much.

A cash-in-transit driver whose family were held hostage during a tiger-kidnapping six years ago has told a trial that he couldn't drive his van during the incident because he was crying so much.

Two men have gone on trial accused of robbing €2.28m in a tiger kidnapping six years ago in which the family of a cash-in-transit van driver was held hostage by armed men.

Three men convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago face up to life in prison when their sentence is finalised next week.

THREE men have been convicted of carrying out a €2.28 million “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago.

Three men have been convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago.

Deliberations in the trial of five men accused of involvement in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery will not begin until next week because several jurors have tickets for tonight's U2 concert.

Closing speeches have finished in the trial of five men accused of involvement in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery.

The father of the alleged inside man in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery has claimed he was with him on the day in question.

A 2005 "tiger kidnapping" victim today identified an ex-colleague accused of the robbery on Securicor CCTV the morning of the crime.

A building contractor has described how a black Jeep used to kidnap a family in a €2.28m robbery was stolen from him at a Malahide construction site.

A detective garda has said he took a copy of a private home’s security camera footage as part of an investigation into a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery.

A detective sergeant has revealed that a man on trial for a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery said one of his co-accused rang him on the morning of the crime.

One of the men on trial in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery case told gardaí he knew one of his co-accused and was buying a car from him at the time.

A garda fingerprint expert has said he couldn’t identify some marks found at the house where armed raiders took a family hostage in the €2.28 million "tiger kidnapping" four years ago.

The Securicor driver in a "tiger kidnapping" four years ago has confirmed there had been a rumour in his company that someone was followed home before the €2.28m robbery.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of five men accused of robbing €2.28m in a "tiger kidnapping" three years ago.

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.

Five men accused of robbing €2.28m in a "tiger kidnapping" three years ago have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.