An armed robbery on security staff delivering cash to an ATM in Dublin this morning is the third attack on cash delivery services in the Leinster region in seven days.
In this morning's attack three men, one armed with a pump-action shotgun, held up security staff as they delivered cash to an ATM at the Allied Irish Bank in Cornelscourt, in south Dublin, at 11.30 a.m.
Gardaí said a "large amount of cash" was stolen. It is believed the amount is in the region of €200,000. No shots were fired and no one was injured.
Today's raid follows a robbery in Blanchardstown yesterday when four teenagers also stole a "large amount" of money from a security van in Dublin.
The four - aged in their mid to late teens - robbed the van at 12.40 p.m. as it made a delivery to a bank machine serving shops on Carpenterstown Road, Blanchardstown.
The gang used a car to pull steel gates off an entrance between two shops where staff from the security van were unloading money for the ATM.
The raiders were armed and masked but no shots were fired. The teenagers fled in two cars, a blue Volkswagen Passat and a blue Toyota Corolla.
On February 12th, three men held up a security van on the campus of Maynooth College at 4 p.m. One of the men was armed with a handgun. Gardai said a "large amount of money" was taken in the raid. The gang is believed to have returned to Dublin on a motorcycle.
But a Garda spokesman refused to link the raids, saying investigations into all three were ongoing.