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

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.

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.

No criminal charges are to be brought for the killing of two raiders shot dead by armed detectives during a foiled raid on a north Co Dublin post office.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is examining a garda file over the the deaths of two raiders shot by armed detectives during a post office robbery, a coroner’s court heard today.

The DPP will not bring a criminal prosecution over a traffic accident in which a pensioner was knocked down by a garda patrol car, an inquest heard tonight.

Amnesty International tonight called for an independent inquiry into the killing of two armed robbers in a quiet Irish village as Bertie Ahern backed the gardaí involved.