Four men remain in custody locally this morning after an armed robbery took place in the post office in Urlingford, run by Margaret Tynan, yesterday afternoon.
A woman received minor injuries during the incident which took place at around 12 o’clock.
The armed and masked men threatened staff before leaving with a substantial sum of money.
Gardaí quickly set up road blocks and stopped a car travelling on the Urlingford to Freshford road and arrested 3 men all aged in their mid twenties.
In a follow-up search a car was discovered burned out near Urlingford and a fourth man aged in his 40s was arrested in Kilkenny City at around 4 o’clock.
A significant sum of money was recovered during the arrests and subsequent searches.
The four men are being detained under section 4 of the criminal justice act at Kilkenny, Thomastown and Carlow Garda Stations.
