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Tue 01 Jan 2007Lucan kidnappingThe timeline of the kidnapping7.10pm:Armed raiders call to the home of Securicor worker Bernard Hogan at Hillcrest Close, Lucan. They find his wife, Ailish, a retired school secretary, at home alone. The gang holds her captive and waits for her husband to return to the house.