Worried relatives fear for bank employees’ safety

TERRIFIED wives and mothers of bank employees flooded the phone lines of finance representatives yesterday after the latest tiger kidnapping robbery left a family traumatised.

As armed gardaí across the eastern region hunted the gang of robbers behind the north Dublin raid, the Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) revealed it was inundated with hundreds of worried callers since details of the €500,000 robbery on Thursday had emerged.

General secretary Larry Broderick explained: “A lot of our members were ringing in very, very concerned and looking for reassurance. After details emerged about the wife and a child being put in a boot, there was a genuine level of concern.’’