Two men hijack car in Co Louth

Gardaí and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are hunting for two hijackers this evening who stole a car, leaving the driver of it stranded on the main Dublin/Belfast Road.

The woman was in her Volkswagen Passat at Ballymasconlon roundabout when two men wearing balaclavas ordered her to get out of the car.

The hijackers then sped off in the direction of the border at Carricarnon.

The woman escaped uninjured.