Notorious terrorist godfather Dessie O'Hare is planning a huge robbery in the Republic, Sunday Life can reveal. Senior cops on both sides of the border believe O’Hare — nicknamed the ‘Border Fox’ — has moved his base from Northern Ireland to Dublin to finalise plans for the heist.

Although the PSNI and gardai have no specific details about his plans, they have received intelligence the INLA gunman is planning “something big”.

O’Hare has also been spotted in recent days in the company of well-known gun-smugglers and robbers in the Republic and in his native south Armagh.

He has also been spending his spare time enjoying his favourite milkshakes at restaurants in Dublin.

Top security sources believe O’Hare is planning the robbery after we revealed last month (above right) he had lost thousands from the collapse of his brother’s property business.

The self-confessed serial killer had secretly invested in his sibling's property business.

But when the construction crash hit it left Paddy (49) with little more than a handful of properties — all with negative equity — and facing ruin.

The businessman took his own life after losing a fortune on the crisis-hit housing market.

Sources say O’Hare is planning to recoup some of the cash that he lost in his brother’s business.

Said one source: “Dessie is skint at the minute and he is finding it hard adapting to living in a normal society because no one will employ him.

“The police on both sides of the border are watching him closely, but he’s slipped the net a few

times he has been in Dublin and the word is that he plans something big.

“The police are picking up this intelligence from a variety of sources, but the problem is that they don’t have the specifics of what O’Hare is planning.

“O’Hare claims that he’s found God, but this man will never change.

“He only knows crime and that’s why he’s determined to get the cash, so that he can build a life for himself now that he’s out of prison.

“He also has to realise that there’s still a lot of people out there who despise him and if they get a whisper about his plans they will be on the phone to the police straight away.”

O’Hare also remains worried about cold-case cops quizzing him about the 26 murders he was involved in during the Troubles.

The source added: “The Historical Enquiries Team is currently at the 1970s and O’Hare is worried that it won’t be long before they get to the dates of serious crimes that he was involved in.

“He has become paranoid in recent weeks because everyone seems to be after him — the gardai, PSNI and his former comrades.

“People are still going to jail for crimes they committed during the Troubles and Dessie could be one of the biggest names to be sent back to prison.”

In a separate development, the leadership of the Continuity IRA held a terror summit at a top Dublin hotel earlier this month.

The meeting, attended by the terror group’s leadership from Belfast and Craigavon, was arranged by the CIRA to discuss its plans for 2009.

It’s understood terrorists who attended the gathering were told by leaders to step up their attacks against the security forces over the coming year.

Said a senior source: “Anyone who was at the meeting was told that things were going to step up a gear in 2009.

“They were there from all over the country, but the gardai knew about the meeting and were probably listening to what they were saying.

“It’s only through the grace of God that these guys haven’t killed anyone yet, but police are determined to clamp down on their activities.”