Dublin post office robbed by trio wielding sledgehammer and fake firearm

GARDAÍ have arrested three men after a robbery at a Dublin post office on Thursday afternoon.

Gardaí have made the arrests following the incident at a post office in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 early in the afternoon of Thursday, November 23.

Three people entered into the post office at approximately 12.20pm with a sledgehammer and what is understood to have been an imitation firearm.

A sum of cash was taken and no injuries were reported.

Gardaí later arrested three men as part of their investigation.

The men, one in his 30s and the other two in aged in their 40s are currently detained at Garda Stations in the Dublin region.

Investigations are ongoing.