Continuing spate of car thefts

There have been further thefts of cars in the Lough Derg area in recent days.

Those involved have broken into houses in search of car keys. Four incidents of this nature were reported in Broadford and Scariff between Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.

Gardaí responded and arrested two juvenile male suspects in the south Galway area later on Wednesday.

Two more vehicles were stolen after premises were broken into in Ballina last Friday. Gardaí carried out searches in Limerick city later that day and recovered a number of items of evidential value.

It is understood that the stolen vehicles were recovered in most of the above cases. The thefts represent the continuation of a spate of such incidents in the area that began before Christmas.