£1,000 is taken from Dublin pub

Two men, wearing balaclavas and carrying a gun and a knife, held up staff at Scruffy Murphy's public house on Lower Mount Street…

Two men, wearing balaclavas and carrying a gun and a knife, held up staff at Scruffy Murphy's public house on Lower Mount Street, Dublin, early today and took about £1,000. Nobody was hurt in the incident which took place at 12.10 a.m. Gardai said the men, got away in a stolen Mazda sports car.

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