Three people due in court over shop robbery in Co Offaly

Three people in their 20s are due to appear in court charged in connection with a robbery that took place in Tullamore, Co Offaly earlier this week.

Two men and a woman were arrested following the raid at a shop in Cappincur on Tuesday evening.

Two men entered the shop at about 9.25pm armed with a knife and a hammer. They threatened the staff and left with a sum of money, fleeing the scene in a car with a third person.

The car was driven towards Dublin on the motorway. The two men and woman were later arrested near Clonard, Co Meath after they rammed a Garda vehicle. Gardaí recovered the property taken in the robbery and the weapons used.