Daring thieves targeting housing estates in daytime raids

A GANG has stolen tens of thousands of euro worth of cash, jewellery and other valuable items in daylight robberies of family homes.

Gardaí, describing the thieves as “audacious criminals”, believe the gang is behind scores of house break-ins in west Waterford and east Cork.

In recent weeks, gardaí have been inundated with calls from householders that returned from work to find their homes ransacked.