A post office worker has been injured and an amount of cash has been stolen from a Lidl outlet in two separate Dublin raids.
The post office worker was injured during an attempted robbery at a post office in Walkinstown.
A shot was fired through a glass panel during the raid at Bunting Road in Walkinstown, Dublin 12, at around 9.30am.
In a separate raid, cash was stolen during an armed robbery at the Lidl supermarket in Thomas Street, Dublin 8.
Two shops in Crumlin were also robbed at gunpoint today.
Gardaí are appealing for information on the incidents.
The armed robbery on Thomas Street happened at around 8.30am.
Two men armed with a shotgun and a knife held up staff and stole an amount of cash from the Lidl outlet.
Gardaí say they escaped in a silver Honda car in the direction of Bridge Street.
An hour later two armed and masked men tried to rob the post office in Walkinstown.
It is believed a gun was held to a customer's head, but the raiders grew impatient and a shot was fired in the direction of the woman behind the counter.
The glass panel was shattered and the woman sustained injuries, believed to be caused by glass.
She has been taken to hospital. No money was taken during the raid, however it is the second consecutive Friday the post office has been targeted.
IPU happy with 'robust systems'
Brian McGann, General Secretary of the Irish Postmasters’ Union, visited the scene in Walkinstown this morning, and has asked all postmaters and members of the public to remain vigilant at all times, and to report any suspicious activity to the gardaí.
He said on this occasion the security system did its job, and if it had not the outcome could have been more serious.
"The union and An Post work together to develop and improve security at post offices, and it remains our number one priority.
“The thing with security systems will always be that the criminals will spend their time trying to get around the systems.
“So I'm satisfied that we are doing everything we can to make sure that we have the most robust systems in place in every post office in every part of the country."
