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Published 13:18 19 Aug 2017 BST
Add us as a preferred source on Google »A Garda investigation is underway after a suspected armed robbery in Co. Laois.
According to the Irish Independent, a man entered a filling station in Mountrath, Abbeyleix at around 12.35am this morning and threatened a staff member with a firearm before leaving with an amount of cash.
He then fled the scene in a car before crashing outside a house in Derrykearn. A firearm was discharged when the occupants of the home checked on the man's wellbeing.
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