Off-duty garda threatened after foiling robbery

An off-duty garda had a gun pointed at his head and was threatened as he foiled a robbery of a corner shop in south Dublin.

In a separate incident, gardaí arrested a man for his alleged involvement in stabbing two gardaí last Thursday week at Dublin City Council civic offices.

In the robbery on Thursday evening, an off-duty garda had chased two shop raiders and wrestled one to the ground.