POLICE are appealing for information on two attempted street robberies that took place shortly after 11.30 am last Saturday, September 27.

In the first report, a male was approached in the car park in the Market Street area by a man wielding a knife.

Nothing was taken during the incident but the victim and his daughter were very distressed. In the second incident, a male attempted to rob a Chinese Tourist on Cromac Street at around 11.45am.

He is described as being mid 20s, between 5ft 8″ and 5ft 10″ tall and was wearing a grey track top and bottoms with dark patches on the shoulders and he had a red scarf around his face.

It is believed that he had bad skin around his nose and eyes.