Post worker given note saying child was abducted

A WOMAN tried to rob a Co Limerick post office yesterday after handing a note to the post mistress warning her that her young child had been abducted and would be released if €5,000 was handed over.

The incident happened at about 11am at Patrickswell post office which is on the main street.

A woman in her 40s dressed in black top and trousers, with a black cap pulled down over her face entered the building and handed a note to post mistress, Anne Coughlan.