Gardaí are hunting for armed raider who held up post office

Gardaí are searching for a lone, armed raider who held up a post office in Co Cork and made off with a large sum of cash.

The man burst into the post office in Blarney at around 1.45pm yesterday and demanded cash from a female member of staff.

Gardaí believe that he had cased out the post office and before striking may have parked his getaway car close to the entrance to the former Blarney Park Hotel.