DJ calls for electronic tagging of criminals

HURLER DJ Carey has called for a zero tolerance approach, including electronic tagging, for criminals convicted of carrying out tiger kidnappings on bank officials and their families.

Carey spoke out yesterday after his former Kilkenny team-mate, Adrian Ronan, and his family were subjected to an eight-hour ordeal at the hands of an armed gang demanding €3 million from the bank where Mr Ronan works.

Mother-of-three Mary Ronan was abducted at gunpoint from her family home in Kilkenny, while her husband, Adrian, was ordered to go to the Bank of Ireland on Parliament Street, Kilkenny, and secure €3m for the raiders. Ms Ronan managed to free herself from her captors unharmed at around 2pm on Tuesday and no money was handed over to the gang who gardaí are still trying to trace.