Homes ransacked in Co Kildare over one day spurs calls for vigilance

 A spate of burglaries in South Kildare is urging the public to be vigilant following a spate of burglaries over one day

The back door house in Boherbawn, Kildangan, was pushed open. The house was ransacked between the hours of 10.30am and 2.30pm on Wednesday. Nobody was in the house at the time.

A house at Rathconnell, was broken into between 9.30am and 6.30pm on Wednesday. Jewellery has been reported stolen.

Meanwhile, a house at Brownstown was broken into and ransacked between the hours of 1pm to 3pm.

Chairperson of the Joint Policing Committee, Fianna Fáil Cllr Martin Miley said: "Residents arrived home to find every room of the houses turned upside down. In two cases, these were young families coming home to find their homes destroyed.  In one house a child's bedroom was turned upside down. It is absolutely disgraceful. You would have to wonder about the minds of the people doing this, it is disgusting."

Cllr Miley is concerned about the escalating level of crime over the past three weeks particularly in the Nurney, Kilmeade and Ballytogher areas.

He said: "I would advise people to take as much precaution as they can. Lock up, make it as difficult as possible for them to break in."