Two arrests following armed robbery in Blanchardstown

A young man and a woman have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery on a shop in Blanchardstown in Dublin late last night.

The raid happened at around 11.40pm when a man armed with a gun entered the shop on the Main Street and threatened staff before making his getaway with a sum of money.

No shots were fired and no one was injured.

A man in his late teens was arrested a short time later and a sum of money was seized.

A woman was detained during a follow up search at a house in Briarswood in Blanchardstown and an imitation gun was recovered.

Both are being held at Blanchardstown garda station.