IRA blamed for bank heist, raising fears for N.Ireland's peace process
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The police blamed the Irish Republican Army (IRA) for a major bank robbery last month in Northern Ireland, triggering concerns about efforts to revive the peace process in the British province.
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said he "might be wrong" in his belief the IRA was not involved in a 26.5m Northern Bank robbery in Belfast.
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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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Tracking down the gang behind the theft of 22 million pounds from a bank in Belfast will be tough given the professional nature of the crime, police say.
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Troubling signs of dangerous volatility within the IRA yesterday are generating fears that the Northern Ireland peace process could deteriorate from crisis into free fall.
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The IRA was responsible for the Â£22m bank robbery in Belfast, Northern Ireland's police chief says.
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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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Sinn Fein accuses the police of trying to destabilise the peace process over raids in connection with a Â£22m bank robbery probe.
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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said there was a "rift" between him and Bertie Ahern since the Taoiseach said he believed republican chiefs knew of plans to rob the Northern Bank.
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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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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 political  process.
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BELFAST - A bank in Northern Ireland hit by a massive robbery said on Friday 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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LONDON  - Bank robbers have fled with several million pounds after two bank employees were taken hostage in Northern Ireland&#39;s capital Belfast, security sources revealed.
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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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THE outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) has rejected what it calls efforts to "criminalise" the group, after Northern Irish Police raided republican homes during an investigation into a bank heist.
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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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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.