| "Faith, and 'tiz me pension yer after, which Oi moight add is perteckted by law!" |
The massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland may have been carried out by paramilitary group the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to provide a "pension fund" for activists ahead of its dissolution.
| That's if you believe they're gonna dissolve. |
The Times newspaper said detectives suspected the IRA may have been behind the audacious December 20 heist on the National Australia Bank-owned Northern Bank. A large proportion of the £22 million ($59.6 million) taken might be used to provide a cash cushion to IRA members amid renewed peace efforts, the newspaper said.
The IRA has formally denied involvement but Northern Irish police have raided a series of homes of suspected activists connected to the group, and say paramilitary involvement is a possibility. |