Gardai investigating aggravated burglary at GAA clubhouse
Gardaí are investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred on Thursday 4th January 2018 at a GAA clubhouse in the Irishtown area of south Dublin.
At around 11.20pm the last few customers left and the barman began to lock up. The barman secured the front door and made his way on foot out of the car park of the club. As he approached the gate, he was approached from behind and grabbed by a man armed with a handgun.
The barman attempted to flee but fell to the ground, the man then escorted the victim back towards the clubhouse. A second man armed with a knife followed shortly behind them. They demanded the keys to the clubhouse and opened the front door.
Once inside the men placed cable ties on the victim’s hands securing them behind his back. They made their way to an office and demanded the keys to the safe, the men could not open the safe and demanded the victim to do it, they cut the ties off him so he could open the safe.
Once the safe was opened one of the men secured the victims hands again with ties. The men removed a quantity of cash from the safe and placed it in a wine/maroon coloured backpack. They locked the victim into the office before making their getaway on foot across the football pitches towards Irishtown Stadium where they ran towards Ringsend.
The victim managed to open the office door a short time later and immediately notified Gardaí.
Appeal:
• Gardaí are appealing to anyone in the Irishtown & Ringsend areas that may have information in relation to this incident to come forward. • The men were described as both being five foot seven inches in height of average build, one of the men wore all black clothing while the other man wore grey tracksuit with a white stripe on both sleeves. • The two men were captured on CCTV running across the carpark of Irishtown Stadium towards Ringsend park, Gardaí are appealing to anyone who saw these men in this area to come forward.
Gardaí at Irishtown Garda Station are investigating tel: (01) 666 9600