Gardaí have arrested a man in Co Clare in relation to a robbery in Limerick last month.
Shortly before midnight on August 27th last a woman was walking through Delmege Park in Moyross when a man approached her from behind, struck her in the face and stole her handbag. The woman did not require medical attention following the incident.
Gardaí from Mayorstone Park attended and carried out a patrol of the area but no arrests were made.
Following an investigation by detectives from the Crime Office in Mayorstone Park, a search warrant was executed at a house in Co. Clare last evening.
A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested and brought to Henry Street Garda Station where he is currently being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.