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KILNAMONA Church was targeted by burglars at the weekend. However, nothing was taken in the break-in to the church which took place between 10.30pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday.
A window on the porch was broken and while money boxes are understood to have been searched, nothing was stolen.
According to gardaí, the window used to gain entry was small and they are investigating the possibility that the intruder was a young person or someone of slight build.
“They got nothing and they didn’t damage anything,” said the local parish priest, Fr Seán Sexton.
“It’s common place. There was no damage whatever done apart from the broken glass. It was all fixed in a couple of hours. We have moved on,” said Fr Sexton.
Gardaí across the county, meanwhile, are investigating a string of burglaries.
A house at Brickhill West, Cratloe, was broken into at around 11pm on Friday. The intruder was disturbed by the occupier and fled the scene empty-handed. The intruder is described as having a Limerick accent, aged in his early 20s and of thin build. He was dressed in black and wore a black balaclava and carried a hammer. No-one was injured in the incident.
A house in the Newpark area of Ennis was broken into at around 3am on Saturday. A handbag and wallet were taken, along with various bank cards and a driver’s licence.
A camcorder and small amount of money were stolen during a break-in to a house on the Lahinch Road in Ennis on Friday. The house was burgled between 7am and 5pm.
Gardaí in Kilkee are probing a house break-in overnight last Monday, during which a safe containing money in various currencies – including US dollars, Russian Rubles and sterling – was taken. Entry was gained after a window was forced open.
A selection of alcohol was stolen during a break-in to a house at Radharc na hEaglaise, Killaloe, overnight on Thursday.
Two incidents involving theft of property are also being investigated by gardaí. A galvanised feeding trough and an electric fence battery were stolen from a field at Moanreel South, Ennistymon, last Monday. In Cooraclare, several gates were stolen from a gate crush between 2pm last Wednesday and 10am on Thursday.
Also in Ennis, the golf club was targeted overnight on Wednesday, when a number of greens and tee boxes were damaged.
Anyone with information on any of those incidents should contact their local garda station or Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100.