Limerick gardai seek two escaped prisoners

Gardaí in Limerick are still searching for two men who escaped from officers while on their way back from court yesterday.

Gardaí in Limerick are still searching for two men who escaped from officers while on their way back from court yesterday.

The two escaped from a Garda van outside Mulgrave Street Prison, to where they had been earlier remanded in custody.

A Garda spokesman said another vehicle may have been waiting to pick up the prisoners after their escape. The two are believed to have been charged in relation to a bank robbery last year.

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