Two men have been arrested in connection with a so-called "tiger kidnapping” in west Dublin last October.
The men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were detained in Phibsboro and Crumlin by gardaí investigating the abduction of a female bank official and her family in Lucan last October.
A Garda spokesman said the men were being questioned by detectives at Lucan and Ronanstown Garda stations under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act.
An armed gang forced their way into the Bank of Ireland employee’s house in Johnsbridge estate in the early hours of October 23rd, taking her family hostage.
The woman’s two children, aged three and six, were tied up by the gang and bundled into a car along with their father.
While her family was held hostage, the woman was forced to retrieve an undisclosed quantity of money from the Inchicore branch of the bank where she worked.
Her husband and the children were later taken to the back of a garage in Rathangan, Co Kildare where they managed to set themselves free and raise the alarm.
It was the second time in a week the branch in Inchicore had been targeted by criminal gangs, and the third kidnapping incident involving Bank of Ireland staff in 2009.