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GARDAI in Ennis are continuing to search for a man who attempted to rob a post office in Quin at gunpoint on Saturday afternoon.
The daring would-be raider en- tered the premises in Quin village at around 12.30pm as guests were arriving for a wedding in the local church just 100 yards away.
The man is understood to have pro-
duced what is believed to have been a firearm. However, he left the post office empty-handed.
The man fled from the scene in a car. It is believed that a second per- son drove that vehicle. Nobody was injured in the incident and no cash was taken.
It is thought that the safe in the premises was time-locked.
The post office in Quin opens for a half-day on Saturdays and was due to
close at Ipm.
Dozens of wedding guests had been enjoying drinks outside a local pub as the attempted robbery was taking place.
Most were unaware of the drama. However, one guest did notice some- thing suspicious.
‘I was after parking up close to the Church and was putting on my jacket when a silver car drove past me.
“I didn’t pay much attention but
recognised it as an unmarked Garda car – my buddy 1s in the guards,’ he said.
“T saw it pull up outside the post office and remember walking away none the wiser. At the time I hadn’t a clue what was going on, but later | heard in the pub that someone tried to rob the place.”
Meanwhile, gardai in Ennisty- mon are investigating an incident where four men rammed a car in an
attempt to escape after they were found on a business premises near Fanore in the early hours of Friday morning.
A number of men confronted the trespassers and attempted to block their escape by pulling a car across a gateway.
The gang attacked the car with a crowbar before ramming the vehicle and pushing it out of their way.