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Rathfarnham Shopping Centre, where a branch of the Bank of Ireland was robbed at gunpoint yesterday. Google Maps
Robbery
Two arrested after lunchtime Rathfarnham bank robbery
Two men, in their 30s and 40s, are arrested in connection with a robbery at Rathfarnham Shopping Centre yesterday.
GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED two men in Dublin 8 this morning as part of investigations into a bank robbery in Rathfarnham yesterday afternoon.
A lone gunman entered the Bank of Ireland branch at Rathfarnham Shopping Centre at about noon yesterday, threatening a cashier and leaving with an undisclosed amount of money.
The man was observed getting into a small blue car, which was located a short time later. No shots were fired and nobody was injured during the incident.
Two men – aged in their mid-30s and early 40s – were arrested in connection with the robbery in a follow-up operation this morning.
Both men are being detained at Rathfarnham Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act 1939. Investigations are continuing.
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