Man arrested following knifepoint robbery of Kildare shop

A man aged in his 40s has been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery at a North Kildare shop.

In addition, a Kildare-based garda has said that the robbery may be linked to a second robbery in North Kildare.

The two robberies were detailed by Garda Mark Connolly, who discussed the incidents when he appeared on a radio programme by KFM yesterday morning (August 13 last).

He told host Eoin Beatty that the first incident took place on the evening of Friday, August 8 last at McCabe's Gala stop located in Kilmeague.

Gda Connolly said that two males, armed with knives, held the shop staff up at two separate tills and later fled from the scene with a sum of cash and a number of stolen scratch cards.

"They fled in the direction of Clane and Prosperous," he added.

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According to Gda Connolly, the two male perpetrators were: "aged in their 40s or 50s, spoke with Dublin accents, and both were carrying Lifestyle bags".

"One of the males was wearing black runners, knee-length shorts, a grey sweater, dark bodywarmer, a blue t-shirt, a woolly hat and had glasses.

"The other male wore white runners, grey tracksuit trousers and a dark jacket which had the hood up."

He also said that one arrest was made in relation to this incident.

NEXT DAY ROBBERY

For the second incident, Gda Connolly explained that it occurred the following day (Saturday, August 9 last).

He said that at around 9.35pm, a Londis shop in Prosperous was held up at knifepoint by a man, who later fled the scene with "a small amount" of cash.

According to Gda Connolly, the man fled the scene in a Volkswagen Passat car with an '11-D' registration plate.

He also gave a brief description of the suspect: "The male was around 5 foot 8 inches in height, had dark skin, wore a black hoodie with a grey tracksuit trousers and also wore a blue scarf up to his nose."

Gda Connolly concluded by calling on anyone with information about these two crimes to go to their local garda station.

He also suggested that they could contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.

When asked by the Leinster Leader about these two crimes, a garda spokesperson spoke about the first incident: "Gardaí received a report of an incident of robbery that occurred at a commercial premises in Kilmeague, County Kildare on Friday, August 8, 2025 at approximately 7.30pm.

"No injuries have been reported.

"A number of items and a quantity of cash was reported as stolen."

They added: "A male in his 40s was arrested and charged and is due to appear in front of the Naas District Court at a later date."

As for the second incident, the same spokesperson had this to say: "Gardaí received a report of an incident of robbery that occurred at a commercial premises in Clane, County Kildare on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at approximately 9.30pm.

"No injuries have been reported.

"A quantity of cash was reported as stolen."

Once again, the spokesperson added: "A male in his 40s was arrested and charged and is due to appear in front of the Naas District Court at a later date."

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