Experts' report pins Belfast bank robbery to IRA, Irish prime minister says
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DUBLIN, Ireland  - A still-unpublished report into the raid of a Belfast bank firmly pins the Irish Republican Army to the record-setting heist, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern told legislators Tuesday.
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A GANG of robbers have stolen millions of pounds from a bank in the centre of Belfast, police said. Raiders targeted the vault in Wellington Street after holding two senior bank officials hostage in their own homes.
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Seeking to repair the political damage from a massive Belfast bank robbery, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern prepared Tuesday to meet with Sinn Fein leaders, in his first talks with the IRA-linked party since the Dec. 20 theft.
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BELFAST  - The Australian owners of a Northern Ireland bank that was robbed of a staggering 20 million pounds (28.9 million euros, 38.6 million dollars) said it would bear the burden of the loss.
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The massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland may have been carried out by paramilitary group the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to provide a &quot;pension fund&quot; for activists ahead of its dissolution.
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The IRA bank robbers who killed Garda Jerry McCabe should not be granted early release in light of the Northern Bank robbery, the Irish government has been told.
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DUBLIN -- Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army-linked party, argued face to face yesterday about the IRA's alleged robbery of a Belfast bank.
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The IRA looks set to be blamed for the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde.
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Gerry Adams says he "might be wrong" in his belief the IRA was not involved in a Â£26.5m bank robbery in Belfast.
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As much as Â£20m may have been stolen in a raid at a bank's headquarters in Belfast, police say.
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DUBLIN -- The Irish Republican Army formally denied responsibility yesterday for the $50 million robbery of a Belfast bank, a crime that has thrown Northern Ireland's peace process into disarray. The outlawed IRA, which last month issued a denial through a spokesman, issued its formal statement amid criticism that the first denial didn't come from a sufficiently authoritative source. "We ...
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BELFAST -- Senior members of Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland's largest Irish nationalist party, approved a huge bank robbery in Belfast carried out by IRA guerrillas, the province's cease-fire watchdog said yesterday.
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Gerry Adams meets Bertie Ahern for the first time since the IRA were blamed for a Â£26m bank raid.
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The watchdog monitoring disarmament of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland, including the IRA, sent a key report to London and Dublin Monday, ahead of crunch peace talks next week.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's hopes of a once and for all political settlement in Northern Ireland were shattered tonight as the IRA was linked to a 22 million bank robbery.
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BELFAST  - Bank robbers in Northern Ireland have made off with as much as 30 million pounds (43.3 million euros, 58 million dollars) in what could be the province&#39;s biggest ever bank heist.
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Northern Ireland's police chief on Friday pointed the finger of blame for a massive bank robbery in Belfast last month at the Irish Republican Army (IRA), a verdict that will send shockwaves through the ...