Three arrested after attempt to open post office safe fails

Three men were arrested on Thursday after an attempted robbery at a Dublin 8 post office.

At about 12.30pm, three masked men armed with knives, a crowbar and other items entered a post office at Leonard's Corner before threatening customers and staff.

They failed in their attempts to open a safe, and fled on foot empty-handed.

A flat was searched by gardaí a short distance from the scene of the incident, and three males in their 20s were arrested “as part of Operation Thor”, a Garda statement said.

The three are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Kevin Street and Pearse Street Garda stations.

The statement said investigations are ongoing and further updates will follow.