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.