IRA and the Northern Bank Robbery

Winty

Did the PIRA have anything to do with the Northern Bank Robbery in 2004?

George Hegarty, of Donnybrook Cottages, Douglas, Cork, pleaded guilty to money laundering in February 2005, knowing or believing that the £66,000 Sterling found at his home represented the proceeds of a robbery at the Northern Bank, Belfast in December 2004.

Mr Hegarty was a ”Sinn Féin activist”

Then-30-year-old Don Bullman was arrested at Heuston Station in Dublin in February 2005 with a red Daz washing powder box containing more than €94,000. Bullman was described in the 2005 report noted earlier as “a chef and fundraiser for Sinn Féin”. He was eventually charged with membership of the IRA.


http://sluggerotoole.com/2010/05/02/northern-bank-robbery-redux/


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8045200.stm




Looking forward to the debate

paky

i think the question should be...did the british government have anything to do with the Northern Bank Robbery? Its obvious the PIRA were involved but who set it up for them?

Winty

paky wrote: »

i think the question should be...did the british government have anything to do with the Northern Bank Robbery? Its obvious the PIRA were involved but who set it up for them?

Good Question, did they get permission

paky

maybe a final peace settlement?

Winty

paky wrote: »

maybe a final peace settlement?

Or you may call it a pension

danbohan

Winty wrote: »

Or you may call it a pension

yes the real truth is that every IRA activist got a payoff of £1.75 million , a house in spain and or donegal , a yacht , and life membership of k club. it probably would have gone unnoticed but for the people like winty here.

Winty

danbohan wrote: »

yes the real truth is that every IRA activist got a payoff of £1.75 million

I like your thinking, tells us what you really think Dan.

Is their any legs in the story

Mahatma coat

well the question at the time IIRC was

would ya rather they Robbed yer Bank or Blew up yer house??

Winty

Mahatma coat wrote: »

would ya rather they Robbed yer Bank or Blew up yer house??

Thats all part of it, permission was given under this belief. Peace at a cost

robtri

Winty wrote: »

Thats all part of it, permission was given under this belief. Peace at a cost

hearsay or anything to link it together...

if it was a set up... how come the sin fein guy was caught with all the money in cork...

by all i mean a few million

Mahatma coat

there is a forum *Cough*RaN *Cough* here on boards that may be more suited to gettin a straight answer on this one, I've another question for them re the CT aspect of the GF but I'm still unsure how to phrase it

Winty

Mahatma coat wrote: »

there is a forum *Cough*RaN *Cough* here on boards that may be more suited to gettin a straight answer on this one, I've another question for them re the CT aspect of the GF but I'm still unsure how to phrase it

The RaN is a private group and I dont think they would let my join

Dont understand the CT aspect of the GF ? what ?

Mahatma coat

sorry
The CT re the GFA

it relates to Dechastaline and Decomissioning and a Cook Report the week prior to agreement and Exactly WHAT they decomissioned.

if ya get what I mean.

anyway the Hmod of RaN is a fairly sound bloke, I'm sure he'd let a in if ya asked

Lab_Mouse

Wasnt there speculation in the papers at the time of the robbery that indeed it was the IRA's pension and they were planning on buying hotels in bulgaria and other places...cant find a link so my memory could be faulty

Think its dlofnep who you PM for RaN forum.Sure maybe just pm him winty?

Winty

Lab_Mouse wrote: »

Wasnt there speculation in the papers at the time of the robbery that indeed it was the IRA's pension and they were planning on buying hotels in bulgaria and other places...

Think its dlofnep who you PM for RaN forum.Sure maybe just pm him winty?

Thanks Lab Mouse, I do remember something about hotels but cant find anything online.

dlofnep and I have a difference of political philosophy

Lab_Mouse

Winty wrote: »

dlofnep and I have a difference of political philosophy

Fair enough

studiorat

Lab_Mouse wrote: »

IRA's pension and they were planning on buying hotels in bulgaria and other places...cant find a link so my memory could be faulty

What is it about people who want to try and run this country and property in Bulgaria? Fookin' eejits the lot of them.

Mahatma coat

I think its a stroke of genuis as far as gettin peace goes;):D

Winty

Mahatma coat wrote: »

I think its a stroke of genuis as far as gettin peace goes;):D

A great business model

caseyann

I read a few weeks back something about this,how British blamed it on the IRA a few things in fact,but was actually in cahoots with British establishments.