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Thursday 21 September 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# Armed Robbery

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WATCH: Teen sentenced for robbing a Subway armed with a machete
The 16-year-old boy threatened staff with the knife, before ripping a cash register from its drawer.
Woman tied up by knife-wielding masked raiders at Lidl in Cork
The robbery happened in Mitchelstown on Saturday morning.
Men escape with cash after armed robbery at Dublin hotel
They fled the scene in a silver Audi car.
Tipperary raid victim: My eldest daughter was standing over me, crying ‘Daddy is dead’
The full extend of the Corcoran family’s ordeal was laid out in court today.
12 years after publican Charlie Chawke lost his leg in armed robbery, shooter is denied freedom
Frank Ward failed in his bid for freedom.
A botched crime: How an armed robbery went drastically wrong for the Real IRA
A Commission of Investigation is under way into the fatal shooting by gardaí of Ronan MacLochlainn 17 years ago.
Man in camo jacket robs shop with a crossbow
Detectives are appealing for witnesses.
Man on the run after threatening bookies staff with hammer
The man made off with a sum of cash.
Masked raiders armed with a hammer demand cash from Cork shop till
Two men and one woman have now been released from custody.
France Primark attack: Police hunt armed men who stormed shopping centre
The area around the centre has been shut down, all traffic stopped and other stores closed up as special forces respond.
Shop workers threatened with knife in Saturday night robbery
Gardaí have recovered the weapon and a sum of cash.
Woman held up in armed cash raid in Dublin suburb
Two men have been arrested after the robbery in Clontarf.
Man jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting and attempting to rape his sister
At the time of the attack, he was serving the suspended portion of a sentence for armed robbery.
Four men charged over armed robbery of Kilkenny post office
Masked men left with a substantial amount of cash and a female staff member was injured.
Man faces court after post office is robbed with a shotgun
Two other men remain in custody.
Man in his 70s threatened at gunpoint by balaclava-wearing mugger
Police are appealing for information.
Staff threatened with meat-cleaver in raid at bookies
The robbery happened after 9pm last night.
Thieves armed with knife and baseball bat raid rural house - demanding drugs
The incident happened in the village of Clabby in Co Fermanagh.
Men found in car boot suspected of planning to commit robbery
They were intercepted by gardaí from the Organised Crime and National Drug units.
Staff threatened with gun in supermarket robbery
Gardaí have arrested a 32-year-old man.
Gardaí foil armed robbery on betting shop
A firearm was recovered near the scene.
Hatchet wielding man robs post office and store in Tallaght
Two men have been charged.
Five arrested over armed robbery of Kerry post office
Men entered Tarbert Post Office armed with a hand gun and bat.
Gardaí appeal for witnesses after attempted armed carjacking
The incident took place in Slane yesterday evening.
Three armed and masked men threaten staff for cigarettes and cash
The armed robbery happened at around 8:20 pm at a shop in north Belfast.
Man charged in relation to armed robbery of Baldoyle post office
The man is due in court tomorrow morning.
Man charged over robbery of armed cash-in-transit van
A man was arrested and a van found burning nearby.
Armed raiders steal 15,000 bottles of Jameson for pre-Christmas sales (some gin too)
Bombay Sapphire gin and Jack Daniels whiskey were also taken from the Dublin warehouse.
Man attacked with hammers in three burglar cash raid
Three men have been arrested after the Ballymena robbery.
A man was robbed by another man dressed as a woman and carrying a handgun
The incident happened in Rathgar in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Hooded teens threaten shop staff with stun-gun
The taser-raid happened at lunchtime today.
Men armed with a hammer made off with till and money in shop robbery
The getaway car was later found burnt out.
Fatal shooting of Real IRA member by gardaí to be investigated
Mac Lochlainn was shot dead by gardaí in May 1998.
Woman and two children threatened with knife and gun in Armagh aggravated burglary
The woman and children were not harmed by the men but were left badly shaken.
Staff held up with handgun and 'sword-like' object in Blessington robbery
Two men have been arrested in connection with a filling station robbery last night.
Two men charged over filling station robbery
A woman was also arrested after the armed robbery on Thursday evening, though a third man managed to escape.
Off duty garda nabs raider in armed bank robbery in Drogheda
One raider was arrested while another escaped.
Armed robbery at Cork filling station, three people arrested but a fourth escaped
Two masked men armed with knives held up staff.
Armed gardaí arrest man after armed robbery in Tipperary
The man brandished and pointed the handgun at gardaí.
Off duty garda foils armed cash-in-transit robbery
The garda followed the robbers to a housing estate and after a stand-off they fled, dropping their gun and the cash box.