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The unsolved £26.5 million bank job that traumatised Northern Ireland
A new Radio 4 series revisits 2004 s Northern Bank raid. Host Glenn Patterson explains why this is unfinished business for us all
6 April 2021 • 4:00pm
CCTV footage showing a member of staff at Northern Bank in Belfast leaving the bank with a bag containing money, January 2005
Credit: Reuters
Belfast, 2004. With just four more shopping nights before Christmas, the city centre was packed. But little did these festive purchasers know that the biggest bank heist in British and Irish history was taking place right under their noses. An armed gang, who had taken the loved ones of two Northern Bank officials hostage to force their cooperation, raided its headquarters and made off with a whopping £26.5 million. The case dominated headlines, ruptured the Irish peace process - and, to this day, remains unsolved.