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# 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.
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May 13th 2014, 10:45 PM
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.
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Apr 30th 2014, 7:15 AM
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.
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Apr 24th 2014, 3:41 PM
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.
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Apr 20th 2014, 6:40 PM
Third man arrested over gun and sledgehammer raid in Dublin post office
The raid happened at the Mill Shopping Centre in Clondalkin yesterday.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 10:15 AM
Man uses hammer to rob service station in Belfast
A member of staff was hit on the knee.
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Mar 29th 2014, 10:18 AM
Betting shop staff threatened at gunpoint by lone raider
The man was armed with what’s believed to have been a handgun.
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Mar 22nd 2014, 4:57 PM
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.
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Feb 28th 2014, 9:18 PM
Man due in court over armed post office raid in Kilkenny
The robbery took place in Kilmoganny on the afternoon of 23 December.
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Feb 10th 2014, 10:21 AM
Three due in court over Waterford gunpoint robbery
The men were arrested by gardaí investigating the robbery of a shop in Cheekpoint on Thursday.
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Jan 25th 2014, 4:54 PM
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.
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Jan 17th 2014, 3:58 PM
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.
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Dec 16th 2013, 10:59 AM
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.
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Dec 14th 2013, 10:45 AM
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.
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Dec 13th 2013, 1:41 PM
Man armed with hammer arrested following off-licence robbery
The man was detained during a follow-up search in the Greenhills area.
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Dec 5th 2013, 7:50 AM
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.
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Nov 25th 2013, 8:30 PM
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.
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Nov 17th 2013, 6:50 PM
Man arrested after customers foil armed pub robbery
A group of customers tackled two men who were armed with a knife and shotgun.
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Nov 17th 2013, 10:46 AM
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.
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Nov 8th 2013, 9:31 PM
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”.
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Oct 17th 2013, 2:09 PM
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.
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Oct 12th 2013, 1:24 PM
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.
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Sep 19th 2013, 10:32 PM
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.
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Sep 9th 2013, 7:37 PM
Two men arrested following armed robbery on a shop in Waterford
Gardaí arrested the men, aged in their 30s, in a follow-up search.
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Aug 30th 2013, 9:51 AM
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.”
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Jul 18th 2013, 9:23 AM
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.
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Jul 17th 2013, 8:49 AM
Hotel staff held at gunpoint during early-morning robbery
The armed robbery occurred at the Mellon Country Hotel at 5am today.
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Jul 14th 2013, 3:45 PM
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.
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Jul 5th 2013, 5:20 PM
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.
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May 29th 2013, 7:47 AM
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.
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May 19th 2013, 3:48 PM
Robbers with baseball bat and gun threaten supermarket staff
Two men were arrested by gardaí following the incident.
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May 17th 2013, 8:17 AM
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Apr 28th 2013, 8:00 PM
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.
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Apr 24th 2013, 9:50 AM
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Apr 21st 2013, 7:50 PM
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.
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Apr 21st 2013, 2:23 PM
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.
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Apr 10th 2013, 6:04 PM
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.
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Apr 8th 2013, 3:51 PM
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.
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Apr 2nd 2013, 9:20 PM
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.
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Mar 14th 2013, 1:49 PM
Cork: Man arrested following armed robbery of bank
The man threatened staff with a handgun before escaping on foot with an amount of cash.
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Mar 5th 2013, 9:25 PM
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