Three Limerick men arrested after attempted jewellers robbery

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Three Limerick men were arrested after an attempted robbery at Tadhg O’Flynn’s jewellers in Nenagh, reported on 15 April 2011.

Two masked men entered the shop on Mitchell Street on 14 April 2011, and one produced a revolver before a struggle with salesman Tadhg O’Flynn jnr. A shot was fired, but nobody was injured and the raiders left empty-handed.

The getaway car was stopped at a Garda roadblock almost 20 miles away after a high-speed chase. The men were detained at Garda stations in Thurles and Nenagh under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, while the car was taken for forensic examination.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.