Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to an armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Co Laois yesterday evening.
Three men wearing balaclavas and gloves and armed with a shotgun and a knife entered the shop on Main Street in Abbeyleix at around 6.00pm.
The threatened staff and took cash and jewellery before fleeing in the direction of Portlaoise in a stolen blue Volkswagen Golf.
Two of the raiders reportedly spoke with Dublin accents.
Anyone with information on the men or the car is asked to contact gardaí at Abbeyleix Garda Station.
