Two men in their 30s are being held by gardaí following an attempted shop robbery in Rathmines yesterday evening.
Shortly after 6pm two masked men entered a newsagents on Rathmines Road Lower in Dublin.
One was armed with a screwdriver and demanded cash from the shop assistant. However, a struggle ensued and both fled the scene empty handed.
During a follow-up search of a nearby house in Grove Park, which is just of Rathmines Road Lower, gardaí arrested two men.
The pair are currently detained at Rathmines Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Gardaí have said that the investigation is ongoing.
