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MEASURES must be taken in an effort to prevent cars from being broken into at Drumcliffe cemetery in Ennis, according to local elected representatives.
The issue was raised by Councillor Mary Coote-Ryan (FG), who said that an elderly woman’s car was bro- ken into while she was visiting the graveyard earlier this month.
“The gate was locked. She had to leave her car outside. When she got out, the window of the car was broken and her handbag was taken.
It’s happening a lot. Could we have cameras there? Could the gates be left open? It’s getting very serious,’ she said.
“This woman was awfully upset. If the gate was open that evening, she could have driven in,’ she said.
Meanwhile, the CCTV pole and camera on Market Street in Ennis will not be relocated. Ennis Super- intendent John Scanlan, in a letter to Ennis Town Council, said the ques- tion of moving the equipment has been carefully considered and it is not feasible to relocate it.
‘An Garda Siochana will examine
the possibility of locating this cam- era on the front of the adjacent pri- vate property and will initially pur- sue this matter with the owner of the said property,” he wrote.
He said he was not in a position to commit to any definite action which could adversely affect the commis- sion of, or the satisfactory operation of the CCTV scheme in the town.
In 2006 Ennis was declared by the Government as one of the I] re- maining locations nationwide which formed part of the Garda CCTV pro- eramme following recommendations from the Garda authorities.