Corkman gets six years for attempt to rob Kerry post office with double-barrel shotgun

The man had "retreated out of the premises" after a "very brave" postal worker managed to leave her desk and raise the alarm

Roy Mooney had entered the post office and pointed a shotgun at a postal worker saying: "Give me the money! Give me the money," the court was told.

A 36-year-old Cork man who attempted to rob the main Killarney Post Office pointing a double-barrel shotgun at two female staff behind the counter and asking for the money to be handed over, has been sentenced to eight years in prison, with the final two years suspended.

Roy Mooney, a father of four, with an address at a homeless hostel in Cork at the time of the offences in February 2022, had "retreated" after one of the ladies, Anne Clifford, bravely managed to raise the alarm, the Circuit Criminal Court heard. Evidence at the sentence hearing in Tralee was given by Detective Garda Ian Kelly responding to prosecuting counsel Tom Rice.