Four people are due to appear in court in Dublin this morning, charged in connection with a post office robbery in Co. Louth.

Three men, one in possession of a firearm, entered the Post Office at Clogherhead in county Louth on the May 3rd 2016.

Staff were threatened and the robbers fled the scene with a large amount of cash. 

Three men, aged 30, 33 and 42, and a 23-year-old woman, were arrested in the Louth area on Monday morning.

A number of premises were searched in the Drogheda area in connection with the investigation.

They are due before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin later this morning.