Gardaí investigate Westmeath pub raid

Gardaí are investigating a robbery on a pub in Co Westmeath last night.

Gardaí are investigating a robbery on a pub in Co Westmeath last night.

Four armed and masked men held up Paddy Ryan's bar in the village of Horseleap  after closing time last night.

Staff members, who were cleaning up at the time, were locked in the store room at around 2.20am and the thieves made away with an unknown amount of cash and mobile phones.

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