Shot fired during armed robbery at a M9 service station

One shot was fired by a man during an armed raid at a service station on the M9 at Junction 5 in Co Carlow on Wednesday morning.

A Garda spokesman said two men, one armed with a gun and another with a knife, entered the station at Tinryland just after 2.30am.

One shot was fired during the robbery, and both men then took a small amount of cash and drove off in a dark coloured Volkswagen Golf. Gardaí said no one was injured during the incident.

In a follow up operation later that morning about 9am, gardaí from Carlow Garda station helped by the Armed Support Unit carried out a search at a house in Carlow town.