Gardaí investigate raid on Moate restaurant

Gardaí in Westmeath are investigating a robbery on a fast food outlet in which a safe was removed.

Gardaí in Westmeath are investigating a robbery on a fast food outlet in which a safe was removed.

At approximately 1.30am, "five to six" raiders, all wearing balaclavas and armed with baseball bats, entered Supermacs on Main Street in Moate.

They locked staff into a room before making off with a safe that contained an undisclosed amount of money.

Gardaí believe a trailer may have been used to carry the safe but no description of a vehicle or the direction it made off in is available.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact Moate gardaí on 090 6481106.