This article is from page 8 of the 2011-11-22 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 8 JPG
GARDAÍ are warning people parking outside schools that cars are being targeted by thieves, after two areas were targeted last week.
Last Monday, a car parked outside Barefield National School was broken into at around 3.10pm. A handbag was stolen from the car. The following day, a car parked outside Kilmur ry National School, Sixmilebridge, was targeted at around 7pm. Property was taken from the car, while another car parked outside the courthouse in Sixmilebridge was broken into around the same time.
A car parked outside a house in Fernhill on the Gor t Road in Ennis was broken into overnight on Thursday and a laptop and sat. nav. were stolen. In another incident in Ennis, three tyres were slashed on a car parked at Carmody Street, between 1am and 12 noon on Friday.
Four burglaries in the east Clare area over the past week are being investigated by gardaí. In one incident, a small quantity of cash was taken from a house in Bodyke, overnight on Wednesday. A house on the Tulla Road in Kilkishen was broken into at around 9pm on Friday. The owner of the house heard a noise and saw a flashlight, before noticing people going out a window.
A house in O’Callaghan’s Mills was broken into between 2.30pm and 10pm on Friday, after the back door was forced open. Bedrooms were ransacked but nothing was stolen.
Gold jewellery was stolen during a break-in at Mount Ivers, Sixmilebridge, between 11pm and midnight on Friday.
Cars were stolen in Ennistymon and Ballina, Killaloe, in the past week. One car – a Nissan Primera – was stolen at Church Street, Ennistymon, overnight on Saturday, while the other – a Toyota Yaris was taken from Ivy Grove, Ballina, overnight last Tuesday.
In Kilrush, a Connemara pony was stolen from a stable at Shragh, overnight on Friday, while property was stolen from stables at Kilkee Road, Kilrush, on the same night. The property included two riding saddles, reins and bridles.
Meanwhile, gardaí are continuing to investigate the seizure of € 60,000 worth of cannabis resin in a car in Ballina, Killaloe, last Monday. As par t of a planned operation, a car was stopped and searched. Two people from the Killaloe area – one in his early 30s and the other in his late 30s – were ar rested, before being released without charge the following day.
“That is the biggest one this year in the east Clare area. It is significant,” said a senior garda spokesman.
Anyone with information on any of these crimes should contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100 or their local Garda station.