Bank heist accused could flee using raid cash, court told

One of two men charged over the country’s largest bank heist could go on the run using money from the robbery to guarantee his escape, a court heard today.

Unemployed father Mark Donoghue was refused bail after a senior investigating garda warned he may flee overseas to avoid trial and a possible 14-year jail sentence for suspected money laundering following the €7.6m Bank of Ireland theft.