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Cash in transit security ends

Bank deliveries -which can be worth up to millions of euros- are being carried out without the assistance of Gardai and the Defence Forces.

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It's understood the 'cash-in-transit' escort security, which has been removed from deliveries outside Dublin, ceased operating two weeks ago.

It's the first time money is to be transferred between banks – without any armed escort – for the first time since the height of the Troubles.

Reporter with the Irish Independent, Emma Jane Hade, says its believed the move is due to financial constraints.

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