The gangsters who rammed a Prison Service van in a botched failed bid to spring a suspected killer from it had been planning the attack for at least a month, it emerged last night.
And, as gardai hunt for the gang responsible for the incident in rural Co Monaghan on Wednesday evening, sources say they were trying to force the release of a notorious criminal who is facing up to a decade behind bars.
Four inmates were in the Prison Service van when it was attacked near Clontibret at around 6.45pm on Wednesday – but sources have confirmed the gang was only interested in rescuing one of them, reports Irish Mirror.
