Two arrested after attempted armed raid in Dublin
Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men following an attempted armed robbery at a post office in Howth this morning.
Two raiders entered the Bayside Post Office in the town just before 9.30am armed with a handgun and a knife.
They threatened members of staff and also fired a shot, but nobody was injured.
The pair eventually fled empty-handed on a motorbike with gardaí in pursuit.
A short time later, two men in their 20s were arrested at Bayside railway station and a handgun was recovered.
