Wife of banker kidnapped in tiger attempt

THE wife of a bank official yesterday became the latest victim of a tiger kidnapping as two men kidnapped her from her home and demanded that her husband hand over cash to secure her release.

With the banker at work at the Bank of Ireland in Raheny, the woman in her 50s was on her own in the house in Skerries in Co Dublin when she answered the front door to two men, who appeared to be in their 20s, after 8am yesterday.

Both had strong Dublin accents and one was wearing a high visibility jacket and carrying a clipboard.