Raid on Kildare hair salon by man with 'Hockey' Halloween mask

Gardai are on the hunt for thug burglars after they stormed a salon in Co Kildare stealing cash from the till and staff.

Two masked men raided Athena's Hair Salon in Celbridge before emptying their till and two worker's purses.

The incident happened at around 6pm on Tuesday.

One raider was hearing a distinctive white Hockey-style mask which is very popular around Halloween.

Worker Amy O'Doherty said the men came in five minutes after the last customer had left just as they were cashing up the til.

She told Dublin Live: "I went to press the panic button but he left a roar out telling me not to touch anything.

"There wasn't much money in the till, I actually apologised for not having an awful lot of cash.

"They went into the staff room and robbed all of our cash from our purses. Everything was gone."

"Both of us were absolutely frozen, he was holding something but I could tell you what it was.

"He had a Halloween mask on his face, the white hockey mask, the other had a scarf around his face."

The girls went straight back to work on Wednesday, but Amy says she keeps getting spooked when kids go by wearing masks."

She laughed: "It's difficult that it's Halloween and they're all out with masks."

Gardai said investigations are ongoing into the incident.