Roche 'feared he would be shot'

An Government minister feared he would be shot when confronted today by an armed gang who robbed a hotel and golf resort.

Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche was leaving the five-star Marriott Druids Glen complex near Greystones, Co Wicklow, near Dublin, after a morning swim when three men in balaclavas held a gun at his back and frog-marched him back inside.