Gardaí investigate spate of robberies in picturesque Limerick village
THREE robberies of commercial premises’ have sparked ‘fear’ and garda investigations in one Limerick village.
Two thefts of two individual public houses occurred overnight in Adare, in the early hours of Thursday, August 17 at approximately 2:30am/2:45am.
These burglaries are the latest in a series of criminal offences in the busy Limerick village, following another report of robbery at a fast-food premises on Tuesday, August 15, two days prior to the double theft.
Gardaí investigations are ongoing, as the thief/thieves were successful in taking cash from all three premises on both occasions.
Local councillor and chairman of the Limerick Joint Policing Committee, Cllr Adam Teskey said residents and business-owners in the area are now ‘living in fear’.
“The government is asleep at the wheel, in my opinion. We are heading for a lawless society, I’ve been saying this for years, and to date, it has fallen on deaf ears.
“This act of crime has to be dealt with and immediately addressed Adare and other towns need a full time Garda presence.”
Continuing by outlining the bigger issue of lack of gardaí present, Cllr Teskey said: “We have a serious situation in rural Ireland where an Garda Síochána is inadequately resourced, between retirements/promotions, lack of recruitment and morale of the rank at an all time low.
“The minister and commissioner need to address this immediately, as the new proposed rostering is not in any way going to address the lack of resources only add further to an already exhausted force.”