Manhunt in south Dublin as two robberies take place

Latest: A man armed with a handgun held up staff at a Grocery store on St Enda's Drive in Rathfarnham at about 5pm this evening, while at Blackglen road, staff were threatened by a man wielding a knife in a shop there.

Update at 7.50pm: A man armed with a handgun held up staff at a grocery store on St Enda's Drive in Rathfarnham at about 5pm this evening, while at Blackglen road, staff were threatened by a man wielding a knife in a shop there.

Gardaí are investigating the possibility that the incidents are linked and are searching for the men involved.