Gardai in Limerick are investigating a number of incidents in which small groups of men terrorised staff in shops with guns, a hatchet and a hammer in separate robberies.
On Monday evening, two youths entered a shop in Woodview Park on the Old Cratloe Road. They were wearing balaclavas and armed with a hatchet and hammer. After threatening staff, they escaped on a bicycle with an undisclosed sum. of money.
In the latest incident, which happened shortly before 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday, two hooded men armed with handguns stole €200 in cash from a supermarket in Killeely.
They made their getaway in a stolen silver Rover car. According to gardaí, these raiders were dressed in black clothes. No shots were fired and no one was injured in either robbery. Gardaí in Henry Street in Limerick, are appealing for witnesses. They are also seeking assistance in connection with a robbery last Saturday evening when a lone raider, armed with a broken bottle, entered a shop at Charlotte Quay and got away with €500.