Two men are due to appear in court today charged in connection with an armed robbery at a supermarket in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, last week.

The men, in their mid 30s, will appear before Tallaght District Court this morning.

Two further arrests were made over the weekend - a man in his 30s and a women in her 50s are now also being detained in Garda custody.

Last Thursday's robbery happened at the Lidl supermarket on the Grange Road in Rathfarnham at 8.45pm.

Gardaí later recovered an unknown sum of money and a hand gun.