You really couldn’t make this up.
Radio Kerry said this week that a minimum of heavily armed gardai showed up to a shop in the village of Causeway in north County Kerry on Wednesday night after receiving an emergency call from a member of the public who said the shop was being held up in an armed robbery.
When two armed units of the gardai special response unit turned up at the shop on Wednesday night, they met a group of Transition Year students who were filming a movie inside the shop for a movie they were making.
Inspector Liam Wallace from Listowel Garda Station told Radio Kerry the following:
“All the particular circumstances were such that, having seen what they saw, one would expect it to be a robbery or some sort of criminal event taking place. But, in any event, all’s well that ends well, just a simple phone call to us in advance could potentially save a lot of trouble and a lot of difficulty. Our concern is that while we have resources attending that particular incident, they could have been required elsewhere.”
The school’s Vice Principal, Anne Marie Hassett said that permission from the shop and the childrens parents were sought, but at least it was good to see that the community alert scheme is obviously so alive and well.