ARMED RAID ON KILKEE BANK 6 October, 2011 - 15:41 An investigation's underway into an armed robbery on the bank in Kilkee. According to Kilrush Gardaí -one of the two raiders they believe were involved in his incident entered the Bank of Ireland on O' Curry Street in Kilkee at around 2.30 this afternoon. Brandishing a sawn off shotgun, he threatened staff before making off with what gardaí have described as a small sum of cash.The raider then made his escape on a motorbike outside- driven by another individual. No shots were fired and no body was injured but its understood that staff were traumatised by the incident and are currently being interviewed by investigating officers. Gardaí are also looking through nearby CCTV footage and are appealing for information from anyone who may have seen both raiders on the motorbike prior to or after the robbery.
kn1 wrote: » i drove through kilkee about 4 pm got stopped at a checkpoint 10 miles before the town and saw 7 undercover cars,4 marked cars,2 paddy wagons !! all for 8.5 k stolen in cash whats the overtime for guards going to be ?
Clareman wrote: » As with all ongoing legal cases do not speculate at identity/motives of people involved without links to your sources.
jackprice wrote: » a newspaper can certinally ask this question without mentioning a name.....do you know how many <snip>people in that profession there are in the clare area? Its a reasonable question to post!!
Clareman wrote: » It's a bit of a grey area, I wouldn't imagine there is that many people in that profession in the area, I like to err on the side of caution at most times.
Two men are being quizzed by gardaí into yesterday armed raid on the Bank of Ireland in Kilkee. The 31 year old along with a 26 year old were arrested shortly after half eleven last night and are being detained at Kilrush and Ennis garda stations under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act. Over 8 and a half thousand euro was stolen when two raiders armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a knife entered the Bank of Ireland on O Curry Street in Kilkee shortly after 2 yesterday afternoon. They then made their escape on a motorbike with cash in euro and sterling. Kilrush gardaí who are leading the investigation are still appealing for anybody with information on the incident to contact them on 065 9080559
kn1 wrote: » i drove through kilkee about 4 pm got stopped at a checkpoint 10 miles before the town and saw 7 undercover cars,4 marked cars,2 paddy wagons !! all for 8.5 k stolen in cash
Gardai have released without charge two men who had been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a bank in Kilkee. The men had been arrested in the Doonbeg area just hours after the incident which occurred on Thursday afternoon. Over 8500 euro was stolen from the Bank of Ireland on O'Curry Street in Kilkee by two raiders who were armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a knife. Two men were arrested that evening but were freed from custody last night. A file on the matter is being prepared for the DPP.
jokerface187 wrote: » I laugh when i read things like this and people saying "oh they deserve to be caught", but these same people will sit quietly while the politicians up in dublin rob them and run the country into the ground. What is wrong with all you people is that you would rather get robbed by a guy with a smile on his face wearing a suit. I hope whoever robbed the bank gets away with it and robs more banks. The cops in west clare know who is commiting all the crimes and they dont want to catch them. Do you honestly think someone can sit in their house dealing Class A drugs for years and they know all about it and the person never gets caught because he is too clever???? Nope its not that, its because they let that Heroin dealer sell the drugs in the small towns in west clare because he gives them information on other stupid crimes such as mr fancy pants complains his car window got broken and because he is more important than ordinary joe they let Mr Heroin dealer slide in court so they can catch who broke mr fancy pants window. But in the mean time Mr Heroin dealer keeps selling the heroin creating addicts that need the drug but cant afford it so they go out and rob your house to pay for their problem. So now the cops come back to Mr Heroin dealer looking for information about who robbed your house? If you are fortunate enough that Mr Addict went and panwed your stuff off to Mr Heroin dealer, then you catch the person who robbed your house. So what has happened is the people you trust to protect you, are helping the people that are creating the junkies that commit the crimes. What a place we live in
The Bull O'Shea wrote: » Does anyone find it a little suspicious that the poster rosemalin was just enquiring about free holiday homes in the area just before the robbery
User Friendly wrote: » Jokerface...........you have a point in your previous post,here is an example of leniency showed when a scumbag sings to the cops. i know of a guy who was arrested for dealing very large quantities of cocaine around the same time this guy was arrested,its no coincidence they were good buddies.http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/gentleman-robber-stole-3k-from-post-office-141772.html
washman3 wrote: » Have to agree with Jokerface, i do not live in west Clare but in my local town, its common knowledge that the drug dealers are Garda informers. These guys are never touched to the total amazement of locals. Now and again there is a token gesture of "hauling them in" for a few hours but nothing ever happens. This is not something i heard "down in the pub". This is actual fact. We also get this line now and again that the Gardai let these guys off so they can keep an eye on the "bigger fish". What utter bulls##t.
28064212 wrote: » Oh well, if you say it's "actual fact", then it must be true. Do you have any idea of how advantageous it is to the Gardaí to get a conviction against a high-level drug-dealer? The only reason they would not take in one that they had evidence against is to secure a conviction against someone higher up the food chain, not for a handful of petty criminals
