Gardai in Dublin are continuing to search for a masked gunman who stole walletts, baby food and nappies from a prayer group in Ballymun yesterday.

The group which included children as young as 12 months old were praying at the Compassion Centre in North Dublin when the armed man burst in and demanded money.

He then took one woman's car keys before leaving the scene in her Fiat Punto. The car was later found abandoned.

Dan Tab is a missionary with the church he says the man would have done a lot better if he had just asked then for help.

He told Anton Savage they prayed for him after the robbery.