Man jailed for 10 years after firing shots during post office raid

A man who fired eight shots from a semi-automatic pistol as he raided a Dublin post office has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

Glen Kavanagh, 43, held a Makarov pistol to a customer’s head and then leapt over the counter before he was tackled to the ground by a passing ESB repairman, a court has heard.