{"id":452115,"date":"2026-05-16T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/452115\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:29:08","slug":"cork-credit-union-closed-after-daytime-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/452115\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork Credit Union closed after daytime robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff shaken &#8211; they hope to re-open on Monday<\/p>\n<p>11:52, 16 May 2026Updated 11:57, 16 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garda car at scene of road traffic collision (stock image)\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_PA-73204999.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Garda car at scene of road traffic collision (stock image)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Garda car at scene of road traffic collision (stock image)(Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One of Cork&#8217;s busiest Credit Unions was forced to close yesterday after a robbery of cash, which Gardai are now investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Togher branch of the Lough Credit Union would normally be open and busy on a Saturday morning. But a robbery there yesterday which left staff shaken prompted branch bosses to close until Monday morning, with apologies to members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">CorkBeo understands that a man entered the Togher Branch on the busy Togher Road just before 11.30am yesterday and threatened staff before making off with a sum of money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Garda spokesperson said: &#8220;Garda\u00ed attended the scene of a robbery at a financial premises in Togher, Co. Cork. At approximately 11:30am Friday 15th May 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A sum of cash were reported taken. Investigations are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anybody with information on this incident should contact the Gardai in Togher on (021) 4947120, or contact the Gardai in confidence via the Garda Confidential Number 1800 666 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff shaken &#8211; they hope to re-open on Monday 11:52, 16 May 2026Updated 11:57, 16 May 2026 Garda&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1115,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-452115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-crime","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}