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A CHURCH and a primary school in North Clare were broken into last week as criminal activity in county reaches a new low.
Gardaí are investigating the theft of eleven laptop computers and a number of other pieces of electrical equipment from New Quay National School while Gardaí in Ennistymon are also investigating the theft of two collection boxes from Kilfenora Church.
The New Quay school break-in took place some time between 10pm last Wednesday night, March 6, and 9am on Thursday morning. The thieves gained access to the school’s computer room by forcing open a back window.
Gardaí are investigating after thousands of euro worth of equipment were stolen from a school in North Clare. Eleven Toshiba laptops were taken along with, a white camcorder, two Fuji digital cameras, a black Nikon camera and a small amount of cash. Clare’s Crime Prevention Officer, Joe Downey, has asked that anyone with information on the stolen equipment or those responsible are urged to contact Ennistymon Gardaí on 7072180.
Two black collection boxes were also stolen from the church in Kilfenora last week. The theft took place between 9am on Saturday, March 2, and 7pm that evening.
Clare Gardaí are also looking for information from the public on a number of burglaries which have taken place recently. Between 1pm on March 3 and noon on March 5 a house at Islandmore Farm in Flagmount was broken into with 17 brass rods taken.
A house in Tullyglass in Shannon was ransacked at some time between February 20 and February 26 while the occupants were away on holiday. Nothing was stolen from the house during this incident.
A burglary also took place in a house in Gort na Blath in Ennis at some time between 11.15am and 9.30pm on Friday, March 8. A small amount of money was taken. There was also a burglary in the Willowgrove in Ennis on the same day – at some time between 8.50am and 11.30pm. Anyone with information about any of these crimes is asked to contact their local Garda Station.