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WELL-KNOWN Clare horse trainer Noel Glynn was carrying the hopes of an entire county in Saturday’s Grand National, but at the same time he was the victim of a theft at his home in Spancilhill, Gardai have reported.
Clare Crime Prevention Officer, Sgt Joe Downey, revealed that sometime between10.50am and 11pm on Saturday, when Mr Glynn and his family were in Liverpool for the Grand National, a number of items were stolen from his Durra House home. These included a sum of money, a car, a safe and a shotgun.
It was just one of a number of burglaries in the county over the past week, two of which were aggravated burglaries.
Last Saturday between 10pm and 10.30pm four men with balaclavas burns into a house in Kilferagh, Kilkee. “They intimidated the elderly occupant and demanded money from him,” Sgt Downey revealed. “They occupant was not injured but is very traumatised by this incident,” he added.
Meanwhile, in Ennis on April 4 at 9.15pm, a house on the Clare Road in Ennis was broken into. “He intimidated the elderly occupant to obtain money,” revealed Sgt Joe Downey.
“He searched and ransacked all the rooms in an effort to locate any valuables. A suspect has been ar- rested for this crime and enquiries are ongoing. The occupant was not injured but very traumatised by this incident,” he added.
Meanwhile Kilkishen residents are being asked to co-operate with gardai and keep a close eye on neighbours who live alone following a meeting in the village last week.
A break-in locally and concerns about crime prompted the Kilkishen Development Association to call a public meeting to see what coan be done to make the village a no-go area for burglars and other criminals.
“We had a very active community watch group in Kilkishen some years ago. It had been considered that that could be revived but after a discussion it was decided that asking people to be aware and co-operating with the gardai is a better route forward rather than having local patrols,” said Development Association chairman, Mike Hogan.
The Association is appealing to local people to keep an eye out for any suspicious activity or strangers calling to doors and to report anything untoward to the Gardai in Tulla.
“We would ask people to be concious of looking out for people who live alone locally and particularly elderly people. The break-in shows that we need to be alert. Being concious of what’s going on in the village is a good way to deter crime.” Mike said.