Getaway route used by Glanmire robbers identified

AS the hunt for two armed raiders who botched a bank robbery in Cork last Friday intensifies, gardaí believe they now know the getaway route taken by the men after they fled empty-handed.

It is believed the raiders — understood to have been in their 20s and with Irish accents — drove their stolen greyish-blue Ford Mondeo across a series of country roads before burning the vehicle out near the village of Glounthaune.

After speeding away from the Bank of Ireland at the Hazelwood Shopping Centre in Glanmire, the duo drove towards Brooklodge village. They then headed out under the Glanmire bypass near O’Connell Transport and onto the road to Knockraha.