A detective garda who shot dead two raiders told an inquest today that there was no doubt in his mind an armed gunman was prepared to kill him.

An armed robber claimed today that elite gardaí gave no warning before shooting two of his accomplices during a foiled post office raid.

Extensive footage of an attempted armed raid at Lusk Post Office in 2005 is to be shown in Dublin Coroner's Court today.

HARROWING scenes of a double shooting in a foiled post office robbery were played at an inquest yesterday.

Harrowing scenes of a double shooting in a foiled post office robbery were played at an inquest today.

A raider smashed through the glass hatch at a post office counter with a sledgehammer as terrified staff huddled for cover in a corner, an inquest heard today.

Terrified staff and customers feared for their lives during a foiled armed robbery at a village post office in which two raiders were shot dead, an inquest heard today.

An inquest into the deaths of two men killed during a foiled post office raid in Lusk, Co Dublin, two years ago will open today.

GARDAÍ will give evidence from behind a screen during the inquest of two men shot dead by officers during a post office robbery, it emerged yesterday.

Gardaí will give evidence from behind a screen during the inquest of two men shot dead by officers during a post office robbery, it emerged today.

A man has been given 10-year sentence for his role in an attempted armed raid of a post office where two of his fellow gang members were shot dead by gardaí.

A Dublin man has today admitted his participation in an attempted armed raid of a post office where two of his fellow gangmembers were shot dead by gardaí.

A man charged in connection with the attempted robbery of a post office in Dublin’s Lusk may be called as a witness at the inquests of two men shot dead by detectives during the incident, a coroner’s court heard today.

A man was today charged in connection with a foiled armed robbery in Dublin in which two men were shot dead by gardaí.