Two men have been arrested following armed robberies at fast food outlets in Newbridge, Co Kildare yesterday evening.
Gardai were alerted at around 8.30pm yesterday evening after two men threatened staff with a knife at a fast food outlet on Eyre Street. They demanded cash from the staff.
A short time later gardai were alerted to a second robbery at a fast-food outlet on Charlotte Street in the town.
On arrival gardaí arrested two men, one aged in his 40s and the other in his 20s.
Both men are being questioned over the incidents.
