Man and woman arrested in connection with robbery on Ballymun Road

Gardaí investigating a robbery that occurred in the early hours of this morning in the Dublin 11 area have arrested two people in connection with this investigation.

At approximately 12:55am, a woman was walking in the Ballymun Road area when she was approached from behind and thrown to the ground.

A man then took her mobile phone and fled the scene on foot.

Gardaí responding to reports of this incident carried out a search of the area and located and arrested a man and a woman a short time later.

The stolen mobile phone was recovered by Gardaí.

The man and woman (aged in their 40s and 30s respectively) are currently being detained at Ballymun Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.