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Man arrested after Rathmines supermarket robbery

The man approached the male cashier, threatened him, and made off with a sum of money from the scene.

GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED a man who threatened a worker and stole money from the register of a Dublin supermarket.

At about 8.50pm yesterday evening a man entered a supermarket on the Upper Rathmines Road in Dublin 6.

The man approached the male cashier, threatened him, and made off with a sum of money from the scene.

The man made off with the money on foot. Nobody was injured in the incident.

Following the robbery, gardaí carried out searches in the local area and arrested a man in his 20s.

The man is currently detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Terenure Garda Station.

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    Mute Randall Wharton
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    Jan 10th 2018, 10:13 PM

    @Ken Hayden: Well it can’t be Mayo because they would have failed to get their hands on the silverware.

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    Mute ⚡ Seánie ⚡
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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:14 PM

    Fair play. If you leave stuff lying around what do you expect!!

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:12 PM

    Leg it

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:20 PM

    Ocean’s 29

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    Jan 10th 2018, 11:35 PM

    @Frank Martin: Although now that someone mentioned Mayo , I might have to reevaluate .

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:27 PM

    @Andy Jackson: The most famous jewel thieves in recent history in the United States and Europe are Europeans or of European descent (Italian-American), the notorious Pink Panthers were from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. What makes you think the thieves are Moroccan?

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    Mute Ken Hayden
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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:27 PM

    @Andy Jackson: The country will start with an m and end in an o , but I doubt its Morocco .

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    Mute Frank Martin
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    Jan 10th 2018, 10:46 PM

    @Ken Hayden: Montenegro

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    Mute Tom Reilly
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    Jan 10th 2018, 10:20 PM

    Any chance the Journal run an article of importance to the Irish public like the crisis concerning the lack of teachers due to the moronic policies of past governments.

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    Jan 10th 2018, 11:15 PM

    @Tom Reilly: Go back to bed Tom. The lads are just doing their jobs. You get to read about all that on a near daily basis its getting old.

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    Mute Tom Reilly
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    Jan 10th 2018, 11:33 PM

    @Stefan Epure: Stefan, do you realise that you are not making sense?

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    Jan 10th 2018, 11:51 PM

    @Tom Reilly: Read it again you just might get it.

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    Jan 10th 2018, 11:34 PM

    @Frank Martin: bingo !

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    Jan 10th 2018, 10:14 PM

    @Ken Hayden: monaco

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    Jan 10th 2018, 10:25 PM

    @Ken Hayden: Mexico?

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:20 PM

    To come up with a plan to rob a jewellry display:
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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:21 PM

    It being France they should have done on a sunday or better still a Sunday in August . No scratch that , been france t stroke wouldnt happen .

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:30 PM

    Smash, grab and run. Oops!

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    Jan 10th 2018, 10:52 PM

    France is on red alert for terrorism these guys were dumb to try it on.

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:45 PM

    After a 6 month hiatus…nothing has changed

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:31 PM

    But nothing inessential in January.

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    Jan 10th 2018, 9:32 PM

    Buy nothing inessential.

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