Two people have been arrested and charged in connection to a hijacking and robbery incident in Co Tipperary.
The shocking incident took place on March 6 at Clonoulty in the west of the county.
At around 3.10pm that day, a man, armed with what is believed to be a knife, approached a red Volkswagen Passat, threatened the driver and demanded she get out of the car.
The driver jumped out of the vehicle and the man drove off.
Shortly afterwards, at around 3.30pm, local Gardaí received a report of a robbery at a post office in Rossmore.
A man entered the post office, threatened staff with what is believed to be a knife and left the scene with a small sum of money.
Gardaí believe that the car used during the incident was the red Volkswagen Passat that had been stolen earlier.
No-one was injured during either incident.
A garda spokesperson said: "An investigation was carried out by Gardaí in Thurles and two search warrants were executed at houses in counties Kildare and Tipperary on March 11.
"A man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s were arrested and brought to Thurles Garda Station.
"Both have since been charged in connection with these incidents and are due to appear before Cashel District Court this morning, March 12, at 10.30am."
