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GARDAÍ in Clare are advising home owners across Clare to be more security conscious, in the wake of burglaries in Ennis, Kilrush and Kilkee over the past week.
In one incident, an assortment of electrical goods was stolen during a break-in to a house on the Gort Road in Ennis, overnight on Friday.
Among the items stolen were a flat screen television, a dvd player, a hifi, laptop, several pieces of gold and silver jewellery, coins and savings stamps. Entry was gained after glass in a back door was broken.
A house at Lenabeg on the Lahinch Road in Ennis was broken into overnight last Tuesday. A kettle and two tins of paint were stolen, after a back window was broken.
In Kilrush, upstairs rooms in a house were ransacked after thieves broke into a house on Burton Street overnight on Friday. However, gardaí say it appears that nothing was stolen.
Gardaí in Kilkee are investigating a break-in to the local golf club at around 1.45am yesterday (Monday). The alarm activated and a number of people fled. An individual was seen running across the golf course.
Meanwhile, the theft of lead from a house being built on the outskirts of Ennis is being investigated by gardaí. The house, which is currently being built at Edenvale on the Kilrush Road, was targeted between 6pm on Friday and 8pm on Saturday.
Kilrush Superintendent Gerry Wall is advising home owners to exercise vigilance.
“People are not securing their property. They are going out for short periods of time and don’t take an extra couple of minutes to secure their property. It’s obviously opportunistic burglaries. People have alarms on their homes but don’t turn them on,” said Supt Wall.