Massive N. Ireland bank heist may be IRA 'pension fund': report
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A massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland last week might have been carried out by paramilitary group the IRA as a way of providing a "pension fund" for activists ahead of its dissolution, a report said.
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BELFAST - Police have confirmed that more than Â£22 million ($60 million) was stolen from the National Australia Bank-owned Northern Bank in Belfast and that they are investigating the possibility the theft was carried out by paramilitaries.
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Police investigating this week's 22  million pound ($42 million) bank robbery in Northern Ireland  have carried out raids on commercial and residential  properties.
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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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The IRA looks set to be blamed for the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde.
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A spectacular bank robbery in Belfast last month, in which thieves netted nearly $50 million, has cast a pall on Northern Ireland peace negotiations and thrown Catholic-Protestant political relations in ...
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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) denied  on Thursday that it was behind a record 22 million pound ($43  million) bank heist in Belfast earlier this week.
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Plans by the IRA to return to violence were included in the intelligence passed onto the Taoiseach in the wake of the Northern Bank raid, it has been reported.
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Gerry Adams, head of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, warned that the Northern Ireland peace process was facing new problems following allegations that the IRA had been behind a major bank robbery.
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The IRA could be linked to the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde.
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The leaders of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, knew that the IRA was planning a massive pre-Christmas bank heist in Belfast, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said.
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A bank in Northern Ireland hit by a massive robbery said it was considering the drastic measure of taking several denominations of notes out of circulation as a means of preventing the criminals enjoying their haul.
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AS MUCH as Â£30 million was believed missing today after a gang raided the headquarters of the Northern Bank in Belfast, in what is believed to be the biggest bank heist in Northern Ireland history.
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Police hunting the raiders who stole an estimated Â£27million from a Belfast bank are convinced they had inside help - and possibly backing from one of Northern Ireland&#39;s terrorist groups.
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BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair and Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy have been advised that the IRA was almost certainly responsible for last week's 22 million ($55 million) heist at an Australian-owned ...
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Police in Northern Ireland on Friday blamed last month's $50 million bank robbery here on the outlawed Irish Republican Army, in a move that is certain to derail peacemaking efforts in the province.
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Irish  ministers discuss a report  into a Â£26.5m bank robbery by the body which monitors paramilitary activity.