Abbeyleix four appear in court

Four men have appeared in court in the Midlands this evening in connection with Friday’s aborted bank robbery in Co Laois.

Gareth Quinn, 24, from Tallaght, Gareth’s brother Ian Quinn, 20, Kevin Lynch, 32, and John Bishop, 36, also from Tallaght appeared before Judge Jim Sullivan at Portlaoise District Court in a special sitting that lasted 30 minutes.