Security firms and banks get four months to clean up their acts

SECURITY companies and banks have been given four months to clean up their act or have tough standards imposed on them.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell said banks would have to pour millions of euro into meeting the cost of providing garda escorts.

The minister also said the Brinks Allied van raided on Wednesday was not supposed to be carrying cash and that no attempt had been made to notify its scheduled garda escort it was transporting cash.