17/06/2015

Men Appear In Court Over Post Office Robbery

Two men are due to appear at Dublin District Court today charged in connection with an attempted armed robbery of a post office at Killnamanagh on 16 June.

The men are suspected of demanding money from staff with a hammer. They fled the scene empty-handed but were arrested by garda a short time later.

The men, one aged in his 30s, the other in his 40s, were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Tallaght Garda Station.

(MH/CD)

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