Ahern demands answers from BoI on procedures

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has demanded the Bank of Ireland explain why new security procedures, to prevent raids like yesterday’s €7 million robbery, were not adhered to.

Joined by senior gardaí, the minister spent yesterday talking with the bank’s new chief executive Richie Boucher. Afterwards, he said detailed procedures had been drawn up and Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy will have to work with financial institutions to ensure they are strictly followed.

Mr Ahern said it was not a matter of focusing on the staff or victims of such robberies but, rather, the way in which banks ensure workers know what to do.