Gardaí in Kilrush are investigating a burglary that occurred at Carrigaholt Post Office in the early hours of last Thursday morning, the 3rd July at 3.40am.
The perpetrators used force to gain access to Carrigaholt Post Office and following the burglary, they fled the scene in a vehicle.
Gardaí believe that the vehicle used by the perpetrators was a silver Renault Clio. Gardaí at Rahona East in Carrigaholt later discovered this on fire, approximately three minutes away from the scene.
Crime Prevention Officer for Clare Sergeant Catriona Holohan said: “Gardaí are appealing to anyone that may have observed this silver Renault Clio last Wednesday evening or the early hours of Thursday morning, to provide a description of the driver?
Did anyone observe anything suspicious or out of character in Carrigaholt on the days before the burglary on Thursday morning? If you have any information, please contact Kilrush Garda Station on 065 9080550.”
Meanwhile, Ennis Gardaí attended the scene of a burglary yesterday, Monday the 7th July at Cornmarket Street in Ennis.
A woman entered a retail premises at approximately 3.25pm and stole a sum of money from the premises. A witness at the scene described the offender as female in her late 30’s, early 40’s. She was 5 foot 3 in height and wearing a beige dress with a black belt. She had long brown hair to the middle of her back and it was cut in a chopped fashion. She had very distinctive brown eyes and a distinctive mole at the crease line on the right side of her nose. She left the scene in a grey Audi and Gardaí believe there were two men waiting for her in the vehicle.
Ennis Gardaí are appealing to anyone that was in the Cornmarket area of Ennis town yesterday between 3pm and 4pm, did you see this woman or a grey Audi in the area. If you did or if you have CCTV on your home or a Dash-Camera in your vehicle, please contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100.