Irish Minister Held at Gunpoint

by Dave Keating | December 15, 2008 at 04:33 am

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The Europe Minister in Ireland, who just came back to the country after a week in Brussels negotiating the new Irish referendum vote on the Lisbon Treaty, was taken hostage today during an armed robbery at a golf resort.

A government minister in Ireland has been held hostage at gunpoint during an armed robbery, police say.

Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche was among a number of people held at a hotel and golf resort in the eastern town of Bray.

No shots were fired during the incident, and the hostages were later released unharmed.

The three male attackers then escaped with an undisclosed sum of money in a getaway car, police said.