Ahern: Garda raids were to recover bank cash

The Government is convinced that raids carried out by the Gardaí were based on solid information that they were uncovering money from December’s £26.5m (€38m) Northern Bank raid, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said today.

After a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy, Mr Ahern said the Government was also still waiting to hear from the Provisional movement what they were going to do about ending paramilitary and criminal activity.