Cash escorts rely on ‘luck of God’

IT is only by the ‘luck of God’ garda lives have not been lost protecting cash escorts, garda representatives said yesterday.

The representatives said elite officers charged with escorting cash deliveries do not have bullet-proof vests and have not had them for years.

A Garda Representative Association (GRA) official said they had called for bullet proof vests for members of the Special Detective Unit (SDU) for more than a year.