Gardaí are looking for a gang of five men who tied up a member of staff before robbing a supermarket in Co Laois early this morning.
The robbery took place at 12.30am as the man was closing up the shop on Johnstown Road, Rathdowney, according to a Garda spokeswoman.
She said the five men, masked and armed with baseball bats, took a small amount of cash after tying up the staff member and ransacking the shop's office.
"Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have seen a white or cream coloured car which they believe was used in this robbery, anywhere in the vacinity of Rathdowney or the surrounding area, to contact them at Abbeyleix," the spokeswoman added.