A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating an armed robbery at a Co Wicklow hotel during which a Government minister was among a group of guests held at gunpoint.
Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche and eight other people were held by three raiders when the Druids Glen Marriott Hotel and Country Club near Newtownmountkennedy was robbed in December.
Officers arrested the man in his late 20s in Bray this morning in connection with the robbery. He is being questioned in Bray Garda Station under section 30 of The Offences Against The State Act.
Mr Roche (61) and his driver were leaving Druids Glen following a swim when they were approached by the raiders on December 15th. He is a member of the Druids Glen club, which is in his constituency, and a regular visitor to the complex.
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