Gardaí are investigating an armed robbery on a post office in Co Kildare this morning.

It happened in Celbridge at around 9:50am when a man entered the post office and threatened staff with what is believed to be a firearm.

He fled the scene with a sum of money in a silver car - which was found abandoned a short time later on Old Town Road in Celbridge.

No arrests have been made and and the investigation is ongoing.