The Mayor of Ennis is calling for CCTV to be installed in the Turnpike following a violent armed raid in the area over the weekend.
Staff and several members of the public were threatened at gunpoint during the incident at Ladbrokes on Saturday evening.
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Two raiders entered the shop shortly after 7.30 and escaped with around 400 euro in a waiting Silver Audi A 5, driven by a third man – but the vehicle was abandoned a short distance away.
It’s the second such incident at the bookmakers in recent months and following on from a number of other criminal incidents Ennis Mayor Michael Guilfoyle believes garda cameras need to be installed