Man raids petrol station with gun, crashes two getaway cars

A man is being treated in hospital after an armed robbery and hiijacking at a petrol station in Co Laois overnight.

Sat, 19 Aug, 2017 - 12:55

A man is being treated in hospital after an armed robbery and hiijacking at a petrol station in Co Laois overnight.

It happened at about half past midnight, at Emo Filling Station in Mountrath, near Abbeyleix, when a masked man entered the Emo Filling Station and threatened a staff member with a gun.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Co Laois Place: Emo Filling Station Place: Mountrath Place: Abbeyleix Place: Derrykearn Organisation: Tullamore General Hospital

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