Two men were arrested by Gardai after a man was allegedly dragged into a car park and threatened while being robbed during a shocking incident.
On Monday afternoon, Gardaí in Clonmel responded to a call about an alleged robbery in the town.
At approximately 12.10 pm, a local male was allegedly approached from behind and was pulled into a car park where a quantity of cash was stolen from him.
Following Garda searches one male was arrested on Tuesday morning. A second male was arrested on Wednesday morning.
A Garda spokesperson confirmed: "One male has been released without charge while the other will appear before Carrick on Suir District Court charged with robbery."
Meanwhile, officers are reminding the Irish public to be vigilant when it comes to scams with less than two weeks until Christmas.
Scams continue to be rampant across Ireland as fraudsters attempt to take people's money or personal information.
One of these scams is from individuals purporting to be Bank of Ireland.
The text messages will contain links that recipients are encouraged to click after they've been erroneously informed there is something awry with their accounts.
The Donegal Garda targeted over the weekend issued key advice to people on what they should do if their receive such a message.
They said on Sunday: "I received this text message this evening. I did not click on the link. I deleted the message.
"I then logged into my online banking account on my banking app to discover that my online access has not been restricted."
