Man went to rob same garage twice

A MAN who robbed a service station in 2013 was charged eight years later after he was caught trying to rob the same garage.

- BY ISABEL HAYES

Brian Comiskey, 46, was initially arrested in 2013 after his Valentine's Day robbery of the Texaco service station in Shankill, Co Dublin.

It was featured on RTE's Crimecall, and gardai received an anonymous tip-off.

However, there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him with the crime, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard yesterday.

Some eight years later, in 2021, Comiskey was spotted walking into the same service station armed with a hammer, wearing a face covering and latex gloves.