A raid on a post office in Ballsbridge in Dublin has been foiled by an off-duty garda.
A man armed with a sawn-off shotgun went into the post office on Shelbourne Road at about 2.30pm yesterday and demanded money.
He escaped with a sum of cash but was tackled by an off-duty garda nearby. A patrol car arrived at the scene and the man was arrested.
Watch footage taken moments after the raid, including an eyewitness account
The 41-year-old is being detained at Donnybrook Garda Station.
No one was injured.
