Gardaí investigating a robbery and assault on an elderly tourist in in Killarney have made an arrest.
The incident occurred on Port Road on Monday, April 22nd.
Andrea Bartlett, who's a tourist in her 80s from the US, was approached by a male who robbed her handbag.
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Mrs Bartlett was knocked to the ground in the incident and suffered injuries to her head and broke her right arm.
A search operation was carried out in the town this morning, and a man in his 20s was arrested by Killarney gardaí.
He's currently being questioned at a garda station in the county.
