3 people to appear in court after ramming of Garda car on Kildare border during armed robbery getaway

Two men and one woman are due to appear before a sitting of Portlaoise District Court today charged in connection with the armed robbery of a shop in Tullamore before fleeing the scene and ramming a Garda car before they were arrested near Clonard on the Meath/Kildare border.

At approximately 9.25pm on Tuesday evening two males entered a shop in Cappincur armed with a knife and a hammer. They threatened staff and left with a sum of money in a car with a third person. No one was injured during the robbery.

The assailants then made their way towards Dublin on the motorway. Three people, two males and one female were later arrested near Clonard, County Meath after ramming a Garda vehicle. Gardaí recovered the property taken and the weapons used.

All three, who are aged in their 20s, are due to appear in court at around 10.30am this morning.