Two men have been arrested after fast food staff were threatened at knifepoint during a pair of armed robberies in Co Kildare.
The first incident took place at 8:30pm, when two men entered an fast food outlet on Eyre Street in Newbridge, Co Kildare. Staff were threatened by two men brandishing a knife while demanding cash.
A short time later, gardai were alerted to a second robbery taking place at a fast food outlet on Charlotte Street, Newbridge. Gardai arrested two men, one aged in his 40s and the other in his 20s in connection with the two robberies.
