A six-year-old boy was among those taken hostage last night after the gang forced their way into the man’s home in the rural Badger Hill area of Co Kildare, 15 miles south-west of Dublin.
The six-strong raiders then forced the employee to drive into the College Green branch at dawn, take bags of cash from the vaults and dump them at a drop-off point.
The man, aged in his late 20s, was then let go unharmed.
His girlfriend, her son and the girlfriend’s mother were also released without injury although they were traumatised by the incident, Gardai said.
A Red Toyota, licence plate 99-D-8885, is believed to have travelled in the Rathcoole, College Green and Clontarf area of the city between 7am and 9am this morning.
Gardai also wish to trace a Black VW Golf Reg No. 05-D-33720, which was taken from the house at Badgers Hill.
Raids involving bank employees and their families, known as "tiger kidnappings", are said to be common in Ireland – but usually involve much smaller cash losses.
If confirmed, this would be the second-biggest tiger kidnapping in Irish history.
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