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GARDAÍ across Clare are investigating a string of break-ins over the past week.
A range of property including electrical items, a generator and mobile homes were stolen during the burglaries, while homes were ransacked.
In one incident, at Ballynote West, Kilrush, a house was broken into between 1am and 9am last Monday. A range of goods was stolen including a digital camera, laptop, three mobile phones, and Nintendo DS.
Also in West Clare, a house in Carrigaholt was broken into and a petrol generator was stolen at around 12pm on Saturday.
A farm was targeted in Kilkee on Monday night, as five Freisan heifers with tag numbers were stolen from a field in Newtown. Tents camped in Spanish Point were targeted and personal belongings including hand- bags, mobile phones and money were taken, between 5pm and 6pm last Wednesday.
Machinery that was parked in a quarry at Moveen East, Kilkee, had its windows broken over the weekend.
A house in Cusack View, Ennis, was broken into and ransacked between Tuesday and Friday of last week. A flatscreen television was stolen in a break-in at the Ashford Court Hotel, Ennis, overnight on Wednesday.
A house in O’Briensbridge was searched overnight on Friday, after thieves forced open the front door. However, nothing was taken.
In Clarecastle, a container at Creggaun na hIlla caught fire in what gardaí say are suspicious circumstances, at around 10pm on Friday.
Anyone with information on any of those crimes should contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100 or a local Garda station.