Man arrested after armed robbery of shop in Dublin

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 40s after an armed robbery at a shop in Finglas, Dublin on Saturday.

At approximately 7.30am gardaí were alerted to a robbery at a shop in the Hampton Wood area of Finglas.

Upon arrival gardaí forced entry into the shop where they discovered a man wearing a balaclava armed with a crowbar. Gardaí found two members of staff, a man and a woman, locked into a room inside the premises. They were not physically harmed during the incident.

Following a brief struggle with gardaí a man was held .