Gardai in Co Donegal are investigating a robbery during which a woman and two young children were tied up by armed and masked men.
Mrs Mary Patton and two of her children, aged six and 10, were tied up in the kitchen of their home beside the family's frozen foods warehouse on Trusk Road, Ballybofey, on Tuesday night.
They freed themselves after about 20 minutes and raised the alarm shortly after 11 p.m. The three armed raiders made off on foot with between £5,000 and £15,000.