CONCERN OVER SPATE OF ROBBERIES IN EAST GALWAY

Date Published: 24-Aug-2009

Two homes in the Portumna area were broken into in the past 24 hours with cash, property and a car taken.Gardaí are also investigating a number of 'distraction' robberies which took place in the East Galway area over the past few weeks.A home in Abbey street, Portumna was broken into between one and two am, and keys were taken to a 08 Ford Mondeo, which was then stolen.A second home was broken into in Ferry Hill between 11 and 12 pm yesterday, when the owners were out.A similar type robbery took place in Tynagh on Tuesday the 11th of August, when a homeowner was also distracted by a caller to the door.