Motorcyclists steal €20,000 after contractor held at gunpoint

TWO armed men wearing motorcycle helmets smashed the window of a jeep and at gunpoint forced it's owner to hand over more than €20,000 in Cork city yesterday afternoon.

The plastering contractor had just pulled up near his home on the North side of the city yesterday afternoon when the raiders pounced.

They walked up to his four wheel drive while he was still inside and one of them smashed in a side window and pointed a firearm at the businessman.