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Tuesday 28 November 2023 Dublin: 1°C

# Armed Robbery

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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.
Garda chief confident Adrian Donohoe's killers will be brought to justice
Speaking at the GRA conference yesterday evening, O’Sullivan said the force is determined to apprehend the people who murdered the 41-year-old father of two.
Two arrested but one on the run after armed bank robbery and two car hijackings in Wexford
A member of the gardaí has received minor injuries during the incident.
Man robs Dublin petrol station. Leaves store. Is arrested by routine garda patrol.
The man entered the store in Artane armed with a bladed implement.
Third man arrested over gun and sledgehammer raid in Dublin post office
The raid happened at the Mill Shopping Centre in Clondalkin yesterday.
Man uses hammer to rob service station in Belfast
A member of staff was hit on the knee.
Betting shop staff threatened at gunpoint by lone raider
The man was armed with what’s believed to have been a handgun.
Two arrested over spate of armed robberies in Dublin's city centre
A firearm was also recovered today by gardaí after they arrested the 44-year-old man and 21-year-old woman.
Man due in court over armed post office raid in Kilkenny
The robbery took place in Kilmoganny on the afternoon of 23 December.
Three due in court over Waterford gunpoint robbery
The men were arrested by gardaí investigating the robbery of a shop in Cheekpoint on Thursday.
Armed robbers escape with cash box from Castleknock shopping centre
The pair fled with a sum of cash taken from a cash-in-transit van.
Man struck in the face during armed robbery in Co Down
Three masked men entered a flat in Castlewellan in the early hours of this morning and took a quantity of cash.
Staff at Dublin store threatened with gun during robbery
The raider made off on foot with a sum of money and gardaí are now reviewing CCTV footage.
Cash recovered after armed robbery at Killiney Shopping Centre
A member of the Garda Traffic Corps arrested the suspect shortly after the incident earlier today.
Man armed with hammer arrested following off-licence robbery
The man was detained during a follow-up search in the Greenhills area.
Raiders escape with gold rings after armed robbery on Dublin jewellery shop
Gardai are seeking witnesses and have issued descriptions of the two men involved who they say are aged in their 20s and early 30s.
Man involved in foiled armed pub robbery to appear in court
Two men armed with a knife and a shotgun entered the premises and held up staff last night.
Man arrested after customers foil armed pub robbery
A group of customers tackled two men who were armed with a knife and shotgun.
Man charged over Louth tiger kidnapping
On 1 August 2011 number of men, at least one of whom was armed, entered the An Post worker’s house and took him and his family hostage.
Gardaí appeal for witnesses to Dublin 4 post office robbery
A man fled on a silver moped after stealing what gardaí call “a substantial amount of cash”.
Youths charged after threatening staff with knife and crowbar in robbery
The robbery took place yesterday evening and the teens were arrested a short time afterwards.
Gardaí catch armed robbers as they leave the filling station they had just held up
Two men and one woman were arrested and the stolen cash recovered.
Armed raid on cash-in-transit van in Tallaght
A three man gang armed with a sawn-off shot gun escaped with an undisclosed sum of money after the raid at a business on the Old Bawn Road.
Two men arrested following armed robbery on a shop in Waterford
Gardaí arrested the men, aged in their 30s, in a follow-up search.
96-year-old woman defeats armed robber in her shop
She told him: “You can have all the Tootsie Rolls you want but I am not opening that cash register.”
Two men arrested after Tallaght night safe robbery
The victim was about to lodge a document bag when he was approached by two men carrying a hammer and what appeared to be a firearm.
Hotel staff held at gunpoint during early-morning robbery
The armed robbery occurred at the Mellon Country Hotel at 5am today.
Man arrested after security staff threatened during armed robbery
Two men threatened the security staff at a service station on Grange Road in Baldoyle this afternoon.
Balaclava-wearing man arrested after being nabbed by passers-by
Two men entered a convenience store wearing balaclavas and armed with a knife last night – the second man was intercepted by gardaí after fleeing the scene.
Two more arrests over armed robbery at Rathfarnham Lidl
A man in his 30s and woman in her 50s were arrested yesterday evening and are being questioned by Gardaí.
Robbers with baseball bat and gun threaten supermarket staff
Two men were arrested by gardaí following the incident.
The Evening Fix... now with added Barack Obama playing Daniel Day-Lewis
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Man and woman due in court over armed robbery in Blanchardstown
Cash and an imitation firearm was recovered when the two were arrested following a robbery at a shop on Main Street.
The Evening Fix… now with added Ricky the toy poodle
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Man arrested following armed robbery in Co Kildare
The incident occurred at approximately 8.15am this morning when two males armed with a firearm entered a shop in Johnstown and held up staff before escaping with a sum of money.
Masked men steal large quantity of jewellery in Belfast burglary
The 61-year-old woman in the house at the time was uninjured but was left shaken.
Gardaí investigating armed robbery of cash-in-transit van in Dublin
A lone male with a firearm made off with the cash box in a red Peugeot van.
Gardaí appeal for witnesses following armed robbery at Dublin Post Office
Two men, one armed with a hammer and the other carrying a shotgun, threatened staff and left with a sum of money.
Two arrested over armed robbery at Dublin shopping centre
The Garda helicopter and armed Gardaí were involved in the hunt for the men after the robbery at Clare Hall shopping centre.
Cork: Man arrested following armed robbery of bank
The man threatened staff with a handgun before escaping on foot with an amount of cash.