A bar manager was held hostage in the early hours of this morning while tens of thousands of euro was stolen from the pub where she worked in Carlow town.
The woman was returning home when three men allegedly bundled her into her house and demanded the keys to her place of work.
She was kept in the house by one of the men, while her place of work was burgled by the other two.
The men threatened the woman and she was forced to tell them the number to unlock the safe. It is believed up to €50,000 was taken.
The house and the pub remain sealed off for forensic examination.
