Gardaí in Co Kildare are investigating following an aggravated burglary in Rathangan.

It happened at around 8.30pm last night at a house in Thomastown East.

Up to four masked men entered the house of a sister and brother who were aged in their 60s.

The men demanded cash and were believed to be armed with golf clubs. The men left the house with a sum of cash and escaped in a car.

No description of the get-away car or the men is available and no arrests have been made.