Gardaí in Kilrush are encouraging West Clare residents to be extra vigilant following a reported robbery over the weekend.
An investigation is currently ongoing following an incident in Kilkee on Saturday.
Two women called to properties in the area claiming to be pregnant or that their car had broken down and they were looking for money. Residents of the area have claimed that they were a working force attempting to rob innocent people with a car waiting for them nearby.
Sergeant John Maloney of Kilrush Garda Station told The Clare Herald that the investigation was ongoing and he encouraged people to be extra vigilant in the West Clare region. “We would be advising people in the West Clare area and indeed across the county anybody calling to your front door if you’re not happy with them certainly check beforehand don’t open the door”.
Sgt Maloney advised of cards available from the Garda station that can be used to confirm the details of people at the door.
“We certainly have cards here in the Garda station that we can give out and give them to the community alert groups. You can pass the card out and ask the person outside the door to write their information on this card and pass it back through the letter box to you and then you can ring us and we can verify who that person is,” he said.
He urged people to be extra wary and to ring their local Garda station should they any doubts. “In general what we’re saying is if you do have a caller to your door and you’re not expecting anybody and you’re not sure don’t open the door, don’t answer the door but maybe go to a nearby window have a look out.
“If you’re unsure of them just ring your local Garda station, ring us here in Kilrush and we’ll get them checked out and certainly we’re living in a day and age when you have very few people calling to doors who are on legitimate business so I would say if you’re unsure please call us and we’ll send the lads out to check them out”.
Kilrush Garda station can be contacted on 065 9080550.