Former IRA man helps design Ireland's first 'digger proof ATM pod'

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Former IRA man helps design 'digger proof ATM pod' installed in Co Derry

Sean McGlinchey was part of a team that created the concrete "pod" that he says would take an 80 tonne digger a day and a half to break intoThe pod features a one metre deep base, two and a half tonnes of heavy steel and 25 metres of specialised concrete.

Significant damage was caused to the ATM at O’Kane’s filling station in the early hours of April 7. In that incident a digger was used and the cash machine lifted into a car with part of its roof cut off. He works for Dungiven based firm Ideal Form who have designed and are fabricating the pods, Belfast Live reports.

He said: “Sean made a massive effort and was one of the many who came to clean up [after the theft]. He offered to rebuild it. It was sore on my business but I am looking forward to the future now.”

 

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